To my daughter: You are one amazing little girl. In these last few weeks you have taken on the immense challenge of mobility... and I am blown away. I could watch you all day, fighting to prop yourself up on all fours and deciphering the elusive keys to moving forward. [...]
What is the perfect toy? It’s easy to say that it’s in the eye of the beholder. But I think there’s a way of looking at it that many of us might be able to agree upon. I used to get a little frustrated when my two year old Picasso [...]
Eitan somehow ended up in our bed last night. The "somehow" seems confusing, I know. Eitan is a toddler, almost 20 months old, so we assume that he didn't make it out of the crib on his own. His upper body strength is actually pretty impressive, as I've seen him [...]
What is Gender Intelligence and why is it important? For over 25 years my guest, Barbara Annis, has advocated the value and practice of Gender Intelligence and Inclusive Leadership
Mike Drucker, staff writer for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, joins to talk about writing for SNL, the inspiration behind his tweets (including the crushing despair), classically awful video games, me being a video-game-dad, and lots of behind the scenes talk about what it’s like to write for Jimmy Fallon. [...]
We interviewed Ottawa native and Community Leader, William Johnson, about everything he is doing to make Ottawa a better and more creative place to live, include Awesome Ottawa, TedXElginSt and the Caring and Sharing Exchange. Also, Chris does a Seinfeld impression and Mike wants to talk about bourbon.
This week for our Art and Crafts segment here at Life of Dad we are getting ready for Valentine’s Day. We are doing a heart handprint. We all have seen the Thanksgiving turkey handprint, but some of you might not have seen this idea for Valentine’s Day. This idea creates [...]
Take one geek dad and four children who refuse to be separated from their iPad and you get #fourlittletesters, a family app testing team from Australia that tests the best apps for kids. Andy Battle and his children, aged 10, 9, 6 and 4, not only evaluate apps for us, [...]
Dad and Author of The Parents Phrase Book Whit Honea talks us through his advice for handling tough questions and conversations with kids of every age. We also to talk to Whit about the recent loss of his mom and the relationship they built that left him feeling no regrets. As an [...]
Art Eddy and Ryan Hamilton bring on dad blogger Dan Malinski from Cubicle Dad Runs. Dan tells the guys about how he lost over 125 lbs. when he found his passion for running. He also talks about one of his daughter’s having a Congenital Heart Defect (CHD), divorce, and what [...]