I am a comic book fan. My dad got me into this genre. I am happy to say that my daughters are comic book fans. It wasn’t something I pushed onto them. They started asking questions about certain heroes and villains. The more they asked the happier I got. The [...]
Let me first start off by saying I hope I didn’t upset any cat people or parents out there. I am not thinking that adopting any pet is exactly like bringing a baby home for the very first time. The reason that I am writing this is because my [...]
“Dad...thanks so much for raising me, taking care of my sisters and I, and loving us all so much.” These are words I exchanged with my dad recently, and it felt good. They are words that many may think about their parents, but often don’t speak out loud. Some [...]
The fun begins following the victory celebration in the Ewok village on Endor, at the end of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. R2-D2 and C-3PO have gathered to regale Luke, Leia, Han, Chewbacca and the other Rebels with the tales of their adventures that led to the events of [...]
The McStuffins family experiences the joys of adoption and also now must adjust to a new baby in the house in a multi-episode story arc of Disney Junior's Peabody Award-winning animated series "Doc McStuffins," beginning FRIDAY, MARCH 4 (8:00-8:30 a.m. EST) on Disney Channel. Geared toward kids age 2-7 and [...]
In this episode, Rob and I dive into the concept of support systems. Every Parent needs a support network of some type, especially Parents of special needs kids. Here's a link to Episode 2 of "Life With Autism: Autisable Dads" Huge thanks to the folks at TheCoffeeKlatch.com for helping [...]
When most of us look to retire from our profession we are thinking that we will be around the age of 65. What about when you retire from your job at the age of 36? Most of us would dream to do that. Yet when New York Giants defensive end [...]
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*Life of Dad has partnered with Tide for this column. However, the words and the mess we have to clean up, is our own. Much as the tiny ant can lift objects 50 times their own body weight, kids can make messes that are infinitely more spectacular than their size. [...]
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