A weekly look at father involvement in education through the Watch D.O.G.S. program of the National Center for Fathering. We will discuss National School Counselor Week and how the job of School Counselor has changed over the past 30 years. Dads of Great Students is a national program currently operating [...]
This week I read a blog post written by a mom who is frustrated because she can't bring home-made baked goods into the classroom for her child's birthday. She can't do that because of the school's policy that all party treats of this nature need to be commercially packaged and in [...]
It had been a while since I had come to terms and wholeheartedly embraced having a daughter and not a son. While I knew that some things would definitely be different, there was no reason why other things couldn’t be the same. I always had high hopes of sitting [...]
A weekly look at father involvement in education through the Watch D.O.G.S. program of the National Center for Fathering. This week, we will look at the challenges and solutions of scheduling the WatchDOGS at your school. Our guest will be Sam Hanson of Little Cedars Elementary School in Snohomish, Washington. [...]
Chad Pennington played in the NFL for eleven years. He was selected by the New York Jets in the first round in the 2000 NFL Draft. He played for the Jets then played for the Miami Dolphins. Chad won the NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award twice. He is [...]
I think it is incredible how the human mind works. Things that happened 24 hours ago I can not recall however I can vividly remember the day my wife and I went to the doctor’s office to find out the gender of our child. It was one of the [...]
A few weeks ago I sat on my couch, with my boys, watching as the Chicago Bears let the NFC North Division Championship slip away. At one point my youngest turned to me and said “Dad, you can swear if you want to…” I have been working on my swearing in [...]
This week for our Art and Crafts segment here at Life of Dad we are making Styrofoam snowmen. This is another fun wintertime craft that your kids will enjoy. The cool thing (pun not intended) about this craft is that just like no two snowflakes are alike, each of your [...]
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 Steve Wilcox from Grafton Village Elementary School in Fredericksburg, VA. We will be discussing his involvement in Watch D.O.G.S. and the organizing of Donuts with Dads [...]
A weekly look at father involvement in education through the Watch D.O.G.S. program of the National Center for Fathering. Hustle University is a self-help organization that focuses on the areas of : Entrepreneurship, Education and Personal Development. We help people “make a way” through life by applying a Hustler’s Mindset [...]
