If you read nothing more today, please read this statistic: When a child has one caring adult in their life, their level of confidence in the classroom increases 65%. 65%! Is that not an extraordinary statistic? Does that not give you – as an adult – a sense of having [...]
This week for our Art and Crafts segment here at Life of Dad we have our last Valentine’s Day craft for this year. We are creating flowers made out of hearts. In our house my daughters and I like to draw flowers. So when I saw this craft at Michael’s [...]
Art Eddy and Ryan Hamilton have the pleasure to chat with dad blogger and storyteller extraordinaire, Carter Gaddis from DadScribe. The guys talk with Carter about his time as a sports writer, Dad 2.0 Summit, voting for the Baseball Hall of Fame, Star Wars, and where the name DadScribe came [...]
Lately, I've been wondering why we, as parents, put so much emphasis on our children to not only play high school sports, but to join organized squads that don't represent anything. What is the ultimate outcome we are hoping for? Is it that important a life lesson that our offspring [...]
New songs from Rainbow Beast, Jazzy Ash and Caspar Babypants plus a punk rock goodie from The Boogers and a musical number from Dear Edwina. The Golden Age of Family Music all up in your ears.
With the new year I have decided to launch a new feature called Dadventure2G0. These are posts with a downloadable pdf to serve as a guide/aide to the adventure. If you use them I'd love both feedback and examples of how you used them. So with no further ado I [...]
Greg Olsen plays in the National Football League as a tight end for the Carolina Panthers. He started his career with the Chicago Bears in 2007. He has been through a lot in the league, but he had his toughest challenge off the field. During the offseason in 2012 Greg [...]
A weekly look at father involvement in education through the Watch D.O.G.S. program of the National Center for Fathering. Our guest this week is Shelia Chesser. Shelia is a consultant with the Franklin-Covey organization focusing on training educators in implementing “The Leader in Me” program. This program focuses on teaching [...]
We’ve all read those blog posts on “What I’ve Learned From My Kids” before, right? This is nothing like them. In true Daddy Anarchy style, here’s six things I’ve picked up from my quirky little three year old, Raylan. 1. UNDERWEAR ISN’T IMPORTANT Most adults wouldn’t agree with this. I [...]
Join us right here on Tuesday, February 11th at 10PM EST / 7PM PT. Topic: Starting a Podcast Guests include: Chris Read - Creative Minds Podcast Art Eddy - Life of Dad Show and Life of Dad AFTER show Ryan Hamilton - Life of Dad AFTER show Matt Schneider - [...]
