William Levin, author of Parenting without Fear. Topic: Raising balanced children in a healing world Issues: Recognizing the guiding signals from our children’s nature in their early years; how we can move into natural partnership with our children’s nature and our own; recognizing and disengaging from the shamed and fearful [...]
With the end of football season, my attention turns to Opening Day. There’s a term I learned long ago being raised in the Boston area … “Born into it” Because my grandfather (Papa) was a die hard Red Sox fan, I’d have no choice in the team I’d root for. [...]
For as long as I can remember, the discussion has been going on as to whether or not violence in popular culture affects pre-teen/teens in a negative way whereby causing them to lash out in violent means. This is something I talk about fairly frequently with friends, especially [...]
Some of you parents have experienced this already and others will soon be there. My daughters are now both in school. My oldest is in kindergarten and my youngest is in pre-school. As they make their way through the school year they start to make new friends. They tell me [...]
We all have experienced, or know someone who has experienced a devastating heartbreak, job loss, or a major disappointment.
Loved this show. Eddie and I talk about the good things that come when your wife is pregnant (including ‘Father’s Treat’) and Eddie’s looming baby, why it’s impossible to give a massage and not expect sex, embarrassing boners, I get ‘closer’ to my barber and call the ‘water police’ on [...]
This week for our Art and Crafts segment here at Life of Dad we continue with our Valentine’s Day theme. We are creating a candy necklace. In our case we bought some Froot Loops to use instead of candy for this craft. This is an easy craft to do with [...]
Art Eddy and Ryan Hamilton bring on another member from the Life of Dad crew, Patrick Quinn. Art was not able to go to Dad 2.0 Summit in New Orleans this past weekend, but Ryan and Patrick did. So the boys gave Art a recap of the entire weekend. From [...]
A weekly look at father involvement in education through the Watch D.O.G.S. program of the National Center for Fathering. We will discuss National School Counselor Week and how the job of School Counselor has changed over the past 30 years. Dads of Great Students is a national program currently operating [...]
At least culturally, dads have been strapping on the Baby Bjorn for a nanosecond of parenting history. Along the way, they have taken to their laptops and smartphones, blogging and tweeting about their victories and defeats on a battlefield littered with one-eyed Elmos and broken iPhones. At the end of January, [...]
