Personally, I live by the words of Frederick Douglass, "without struggle there can be no progress". As a parent, this means I let my kids make mistakes and I let them fail, from a very young age when the consequences are minimal, so that they and we learn how to [...]
When you were a kid, what was your favorite video game? Legend of Zelda was rad (still is) and playing as Merlin in Gauntlet was a youthful highlight, but... I can still remember in my parent's basement playing NHL '94 for seasons at a time, pretending I actually was [...]
Of course they must make mistakes before they can master anything but that doesn't make the mess ups any less frustrating in the moment. So we asked what chores can your kids do without screwing up. Here's the list of kid friendly chores done right! https://www.facebook.com/lifeofdad/posts/10155263055071427 Will Mcneill: [He can [...]
Being a dad is great, but we all know there are some terrible parts -- diapers, throw-up, ex-wives. We asked the dads of our Facebook community to tell us their least favorite part of being a dad and if we could sum it up in one word, it'd be TIME. [...]
Potty training is one of the biggest hurdles of parenthood. Sure, it is exciting to change a poop filled diaper again but what's better than that? Never paying for a box of diapers again. But potty training can be difficult, for kid and parent. So when a Life of Dad [...]
I recently learned that it takes 21 days of repetitive action to create a new habit. So, when it comes to instilling good habits in children, we parents have plenty of time. In fact, if we are super efficient, we can get our kids into good habits at a rate [...]
MC Hammer said it best, “I told you homeboy u can't touch this Yeah that's how we're livin' and you know u can't touch this Look in my eyes man u can't touch this” We each have something or many, many somethings that we don't want our kids to [...]
What do you hope for? Not just a raise at work and a new car, and maybe an amazing vacation on an island somewhere, but as a dad, what do you hope for? We asked this question recently on our Facebook page and got back so many good responses. [...]
Whether your first child is just a month old or your trio of kiddos have already flew the coupe, every dad has buckets of rose-tinted memories stored away, small things to reflect upon and bring the sunlight back when storm clouds roll into town. We asked the dads of our [...]
Kids say adorable things, kids say smart thing and kids sometimes will say the most important things. I am constantly amazed at the brilliant thoughts and observations of my two daughters and I know that every other dad and mom has a story about something important their child has said. [...]
