“Stop fighting!” If you find yourself saying that to your kids a few too many times, then today’s show is for you! I’m joined by Dr. Fran Walfish, author of The Self-Aware Parent and a nationally recognized child and family psychologist. We’ll explore numerous topics that will help moms and [...]
Art Eddy and Ryan Hamilton talk with fellow dad blogger Aaron Gouveia from The Daddy Files. The guys talk about posting controversial topics the right way, sports, how the Red Sox winning the 2004 World Series produced a marriage proposal, why school photos are way outdated, and how nice guys [...]
Originally posted on The New American Dad (www.BloggyDad.net) on 5/17/2013 On Wednesday, I wrote an entry about my favorite book as a toddler and how excited I am to share it with my daughter one day. Well, just in time for the weekend, I have a the follow-up post for [...]
Originally published 5/15/2013 on The New American Dad (www.BloggyDad.net) In these weeks and months of waiting for our baby to arrive, I have been busy assembling a bookshelf (among other things) for her. I am determined to have a solid library of titles waiting for her the day she comes [...]
Before I go any further, let me just say that I would never actually let my teenage stepkid float away to Cuba on a boogie board. Ok, now that that’s out of the way, it’s no great secret in our house that my teenage stepkid, Brandon and I don’t [...]
This week for our Art and Crafts segment here at Life of Dad we creating an igloo from cotton balls and construction paper. This is a great craft to do with your toddler. The igloo is simple enough for them to create by themselves. They will feel a sense of [...]
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Originally posted May 6, 2013 on The New American Dad: This past weekend, I had the great pleasure of attending the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) New England conference in Springfield. There were so many great lectures, panels, and workshops that inspired and motivated me as a writer. [...]
The picture of my daughter from the Pediatricians office So if you want to get technical about it, our first trip with Emma to the emergency room was the day she was born. But that was a trip we took for a good reason and neither of [...]
My very first blog post... originally posted March 25, 2013. Thankfully, most of my expectations have come true thus far: This is a question I have been asked a lot lately, ever since I began to share my stay-at-home plans with friends and colleagues. Along with the voices of support, [...]