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 [...]
The most important thing, at the end of the day, is that we all love our children, right? With that said, let's take a look at our the dads and moms of our Facebook community answered this question: what's something dads do differently than moms? https://www.facebook.com/lifeofdad/posts/10154874541346427 What Dads Say About [...]
Whether you bond with your kids around the dinner table or underneath an old car, we dads each have our own ways to connect with our children. We recently asked the modern dads of our Facebook community to tell us how they bond with their modern children and we love [...]
It’s not like we need the reminders but you guys, our Life of Dad Facebook community, are absolutely amazing. You’re hilarious, passionate examples of modern fatherhood every day and we’re so happy you choose to share your pictures and stories with us. But it is moments like this, when a [...]
Because EVERYTHING is controversial and political these days, here's a Valentine's Day post to argue about on the internet! Yay! We kid, kind of, because while we may see this sweet mid-February as a fake holiday and choose not celebrate we should still be able to respect the will [...]
We dads got 99 problems and most of them center around being treated as 2nd class parents by moms at the park, cashiers, and mother-in-laws. Here are just some of things that the dads of our Facebook community cannot stand. https://www.facebook.com/lifeofdad/posts/10154829721081427 Jimmy O'Brian: Whining. Non-stop whining drives me nuts! Also [...]
Our dads teach us a lot. Sometimes the lessons are intentional, sometimes accidental and sometimes those lessons we learn from our dads are how to be a father by NOT following their lead. We recently asked the Life of Dad Facebook community to tell us what they learned from their [...]
The Friendship question: Should your child be your friend? https://www.facebook.com/lifeofdad/posts/10154780049911427 Let’s start with the yes answers because, well, there’s faaaaaaar fewer of them. Seems the dads of our Facebook community think there’s a real danger in being friends with your child. What do you think? Can you be friend AND [...]
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 [...]
Man, I could read these dad humblebrags all day long and I wish I could have included all of them in this post because they are so good and uplifting (and funny, like Brad's at the bottom of this post). Please go read through the entire Facebook thread where dads [...]
