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 [...]
Parenting seems hard at the beginning. There's the infamous lack of sleep problem, the poop up and out of the diaper situation, projectile vomiting -- man, that's a classic -- and all those crumbs in the car. But veteran dads know that the complicated stuff comes later on, when [...]
The messages in the media being transmitted to young girls are, for lack of a better word, confusing. Be sexy, but don’t be too sexy. Be smart, but don’t be too smart. Be funny, but don’t be too funny. Be the hero, but need to be saved by another [...]
Scott Fujita was born in Ventura, California on April 28, 1979. He was a three-sport standout in football, basketball and track & field at Rio Mesa High School in Oxnard, CA before heading to the University of California, Berkeley. As a student at Berkeley, Fujita earned his Bachelor of Arts [...]
Love... We could all use a little more of that these days... Am I right? My 4 year old daughter was the inspiration for this post. She was born on a Friday... I've got to say, I know that I'm lucky. I've felt unconditional love before. I have three wonderful [...]
Many of our dad blogger friends have written many words about the joys of having a daughter (check out Every Girl Dad and Out With The Kids) because raising a girl comes with its own unique, built-in advantages. When Life of Dad user and dad-to-be Kyle Holcroft recently asked us [...]
"I'd never let my kid leave the house looking like that." How many times have you had that thought, maybe even turned to somebody else and said it out loud? It might have been a purple mohawk or an inappropriate T-shirt. Maybe it was one of those [...]
We’re wrapping up dinner, passing around the bowl of string beans to finish them off because they make for dreadfully rubbery leftovers, when I make a relatively harmless remark she doesn’t appreciate full stop. The mood around the whole of the kitchen table sours as her shoulders drop. She then [...]
New music this month from Recess Monkey, Play Date (f/ Greg from The Bouncing Souls), Alastair Moock and Ratboy Jr, plus 6 more songs from the Golden Age of Family Music. Enjoy! **This episode is so graciously sponsored by Babies R Us, your one stop shop for all things baby [...]
If you ask Deion Branch about his time in the NFL he would probably say that he was very blessed to be able to have played at the pro level. Ever since he was a kid he dreamed about making it to the NFL. In 2002 he accomplished that [...]
