Our society is so focused on making sure that our children have the best test scores, are the best athletes and have the best grades. This expectation of perfection pressures our kids and teaches them to focus on the wrong thing. We need to be teaching our children the [...]
There aren't a ton of TV dads we modern guys have been able to look up to in the pantheon of television. On the big screen, the pickins are not quote as slim but for so long, dads have been portrayed as dummies who fumble their way through parenthood. So [...]
Back in the long, long ago. When I was a younger, more enthusiastic, obliviously optimistic dad, the idea of being a stay-at-home parent seems to me to be the most natural, fantastic adventure. Obviously now, as I’ve just clocked up two years of SAHD-ing, things are different; I’m older, probably [...]
Recently I was fortunate enough to have a Nikon D5500 Digital Camera come into my life. The minute I took my first photo, I realized that photography was something I should have picked up YEARS ago. 4 years ago to be exact…when my son, Grayson was born. Don’t get me [...]
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 [...]
72 hours. 72 HOURS. Like a James Franco movie in real life that's how long my son held is poo and pee. No one told me it was going to be like this... This is the image I had in my mind. Everyone happy, easy peasy lemon squeezey. Done. [...]
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 [...]
It can be so hard to communicate with a teenager. If you have been trying, chances are you have decided it is an exercise in futility. Why is it more like talking to a bear?! Your frustration is natural, but you should keep one thing in mind: your teenager [...]
As the internet continues to be a focal point of our daily lives, another problem has long since reared its head. Teenagers need to use the web on a regular basis, for homework and social interaction. There is no avoiding it. But it can have a number of risks associated [...]
Your Lordship, Have you ever been in a relationship where it didn’t work out and thought… ‘I don’t know how it lasted that long’ or ‘I knew it wasn’t going to work’ Maybe you both grew into different people, maybe there was a sudden change in personality or maybe [...]
