The world needs it now more than ever: kindness. But how do we teach our young people to be kind, to themselves and to others? We asked the dads of our Facebook community and they told us how they are doing it. So here's how to teach kids to be [...]
When a kid should be allowed to have a cell phone has become one of the most divisive issues in modern parenthood. How do we know this? Gulp, because we asked the Life of Dad Facebook community what age should a kid have a cell phone! Nearly 500 comments [...]
Life of Dad isn't afraid of talking about the tough issues of parenting because things like drugs, drinking and digital citizenship are exactly the delicate issues that parents of a certain age need help navigating. So what do you say on the issue of drinking with your teenager? Many [...]
It's the father of all parenting advice blog posts: Tips For Getting Your Infant To Sleep Through The Night, from dads who have been there and done it. https://www.facebook.com/lifeofdad/posts/10155097933471427 Ryan Hobson: Show them all the love you have for them and be patient man. There will be times that you [...]
Justin Roberts has the best song about the moment a family of three becomes a quartet. Listen to "Cartwheels and Somersaults" and come back to finish this article. I'll wait... https://youtu.be/Gljcg24TwNY Awesome, right? Okay, so depending on your kid, the transition from only-child to big brother/big sister can be challenging. [...]
It is a fear many modern dads share: will I be able to bond with my new baby while mom is breastfeeding? The answer in short is YES, and here are many tips on how and when a dad can and should bond with his newborn, even if mom [...]
These dads have done it. They've managed to get their kids potty trained and stopped spending $$$$$ on diapers. Here are some of the potty training tips they recently shared with a fellow Life of Dad user, because you can never have enough potty training tips when trying to get [...]
This is when parenting gets more challenging, when dads realize that changing diapers will be the easiest thing we do as a parent. Yeah, even the shittiest diapers are easier to handle than the complicated, nuanced, ever-evolving world of technology our kids are exploring and desiring. Here’s some advice recently [...]
The Life of Dad Facebook community continues to inspire us as dads and this thread is one of the huge reasons why. When when dad is struggling to come to terms with the fact that his daughter may need medication for her anxiety, hundreds come to offer him words [...]
Even the most original, creative dad sometimes needs a fun playtime prompt. When a Life of Dad user asked for fun ways to pass the time recently, we put it to the Life of Dad Facebook community for ideas. Here are fun activities for kids and dads at home. [...]