Guys might think that changing messy diapers and not getting enough sleep is the hardest part of being a dad but they quickly realize that those early years were a relative breeze. The tween and teen years bring about a whole new level of complexity, requiring quick thinking, nimble [...]
This isn't an easy subject for a lot of guys but when a member of the Life of Dad community asked for advice over his reaction to his 14-year-old's new boyfriend, the fellas responded! If your child prefers to date a fellow Christian, you may recommend them to Christian [...]
We knew we'd got a dose of the "my girl isn't going to date forever" thing and the "I'm collecting guns to threaten all the boys" trope, but we sifted through those unreasonable responses to find true (and sometimes funny) pieces of advice on when a child should be [...]
Of the teenage years of dating and dating Mr. or Miss Wrong, we asked the dads of our Facebook community how they would handle things if they thought their teenager was dating someone who was bad for them; as you might expect, the responses were not tepid. For parents seeking [...]
I lead two lives. One as a dad to two great girls, and the other as some guy. It's a weird time to be a single dad. I went into marriage in the mid-2000s. Sure, there was the Internet, but all you could really do was check sports scores, [...]
It started, as things often do on the Life of Dad Facebook page, with a great question from one of our users, in this case, Tim Boyle: "OK so my wife, 14 year-old-daughter, and myself all have different ideas of when she can start dating. My 14-year-old says now, [...]
Young Boss, Sometimes since having kids there have been times that I’ve felt like I couldn’t fully express to people that I’m a father… I know this is something that friends of mine have experienced as well. It’s like something was holding us back. And even [...]
The American Dad Podcast is a for fathers, husbands and anyone who is striving to be a better father and husband. This is a parenting podcast and a be a better husband podcast because both are very important.
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 Janet Pozmantier, Outreach Educator with the Dibble Institute. Janet is a licensed professional counselor, marriage and family therapist, and play therapist. She has worked in the [...]
