George Lucas modeled the forest moon of Endor in “The Return of the Jedi” from the Redwood Forest in California. A few years back my wife and I went to San Francisco to celebrate our wedding anniversary. One of our stops was to check out the redwood trees on the [...]
The Watch D.O.G.S. (Dads of Great Students) Program is the largest school based father engagement program in the nation with over 4500 schools participating in 46 states, D.C., Ryan Hamilton will join us from the Life of Dad show. Each week, WatchDOGS Radio host Keith Schumacher and co-host Chris Danenhauer [...]
Claude Knobler, author of More Love (Less Panic). Topic: Lessons learned about life and parenting after adopting a child from Ethiopia. Issues: The difference between influence and control; why worrying doesn’t help; how less than perfect may be perfect enough; learning perspective from a piñata and mushy food.
Of all the reports parents can hear from their child about how things are going at school, few will raise their ire and outrage more than finding out their child is being bullied. And any parent who’s been in that situation struggles with how to advise their son or daughter [...]
Tom Riles and Art Eddy recap a bit on the Life of Dad crew’s experience at Dad 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. They also bring on film director, Jorge Gutierrez. Jorge Gutierrez is the director of the wildly popular film “The Book of Life”. Since he was a young boy [...]
David Adler is the author of over 200 books. His Cam Jansen series is very popular with children and David discusses how being a father impacted his writing and more!
Jorge Gutierrez is the director of the wildly popular film “The Book of Life.” Since he was a young boy he would borrow his father’s video cameras to make his own movies. Now as a father himself, Jorge looks to work with his son once he gets a bit older [...]
Jenny Lexhed, author of Love is Not Enough. Topic: A mother’s memoir of autism, madness, and hope. Issues: Coping with a child’s autism diagnosis; trying to find the best treatment among competing theories and approaches; the importance of taking breaks, getting enough sleep, and self-care. Claude Knobler, author of More [...]
This week, Nerds, Geeks, Dads is jam packed with a bunch of great fellow dad bloggers. Art Eddy and Zach Rosenberg record a show while at Dad 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. Art and Zach have Ryan Hamilton, Chris Routly, Jeff Bogle, Lorne Jaffe, and Patrick Quinn join them as [...]
October 2013. Does that mean anything to my fellow travelers? That was the time of the last government shutdown. Sure, the Senate and the House doesn't open, bills don't get passed, etc. But every federal employee goes without a check? Well, that's not good. Luckily I'm not a federal [...]
