I recently came to the uncomfortable conclusion that I haven't been my best for some time. I tend toward the ambitious and always have a bit of a "what's next" mentality: how can I achieve more success at work, more financial security? How do I make a difference in the world, [...]
I believe that the small things in life, the moments, actions, words, routines, and details that may not seem like a big deal at the time, are what truly shapes us and the world around us. So this question posed to the Life of Dad Facebook community recently was an [...]
Single parenting at times can be demanding and challenging. On one side you are supposed to be that ideal father figure and on other, you have to make sure that you handle responsibilities without affecting your relationship with the kid. Parenting is a self-learning process where what works for [...]
It occurred to me, after sharing my previous blog a month or two ago, that it may have come across as a little self-indulgent. As I said in that blog, I’m certainly entitled to find being a dad hard going at times, and by Christ I do, but it was all [...]
The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility reports disturbing statistics. In 2014, 1,446 people died as a result of mixing drinking and driving. Approximately 70 percent of the impaired drivers demonstrated blood-alcohol concentrations of 0.15 or higher. Each were also repeat offenders. In 2014, 70,842 Texas drivers were arrested for operating [...]
Whether it’s their child not sleeping through the night or a world that doesn’t always value intelligence and kindness, it’s easy for a dad or a mom to rattle of a list of things they’ve love to change, but we wanted to know what’s something you hope will never change? [...]
Diplomatic Boss, I’m sure there are many of us who have at one point, gone through, or known someone where the relationship turned ugly… And soon after, the children are used in a harsh battle between parents. There probably aren’t too many other situations where the heartstrings [...]
Two seemingly different roles in my life have a lot in common. In both roles, I’m often called on to analyze a situation from another’s perspective. At home, I must look the through the eyes of an energetic inquisitive 6-year-old boy and at work I’m having to place myself in [...]
A lot of new dads and moms enter into this parenting thing with the idea that lessons and information will be a one way street, with wisdom and knowledge flowing from them to their tiny new recruits but we parents who've been doing this for more than a few years [...]
Jonathan Auxier is a Canadian-American writer of young adult literature, who won the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award and the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award for his 2014 novel The Night Gardener. Jonathan now lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and family. Find out more [...]
