Let’s be honest, Friday night doesn’t mean what you once did. Since having kids we probably aren’t keeping the same company, hitting the same spots, or even leaving the house like we did before the mini-me(s) came along. This made us wonder, what does Friday night look like now for [...]
Shhhhhh… Our kids are being super duper quiet. Nah, we’re just messing with you, our kids are never quiet. So we asked our community on Facebook, what gets your kid to be quiet? We’ve got over 450 ideas for quiet things that kids enjoy doing, here are some of them: [...]
These days, the wildly popular stand-up comedian is staring in a set of hilarious new Chrysler commercials and has also been see donning the Colonel Sanders get-up for KFC, but 3 years ago Jim Gaffigan sat down with our own Art Eddy for a fun conversation about parenting, work life [...]
Sometimes we think we know our community and the dad life in general, but then we ask a simple question like, “what kid food do you like to eat” and we realize that most Lunchables don’t even make it into kids' school lunch bags and that the Kraft Mac-n-Cheese in [...]
When you have kids, your entire worldview changes almost overnight. It’s magical in a way because your start learning so much about society and life and especially yourself, like the fact that you have a lot in common with toddlers. That’s right, I’m 42 years old and I exhibit the [...]
We've been in the midst of potty training for about two weeks now and have been seeing slow but steady progress. Hopefully we're through the initial phase which I assume is the hardest part. Thanks in part to the S word, and of course a few healthy treat incentives like [...]
Kids Say The Cutest Things Incorrectly…Because They Say Normal Things Wrong and We Don’t Dare Correct Them Inspired by my youngest daughter, age nearly-9, still calling her favorite cereal "Rice Kripspies", we've asked the dads and moms of our Facebook community what's the cutest thing their kids say wrong. Now, [...]
One Sunday, Simon asked if tomorrow was a school day. It sure is, buddy! I said, in my most chipper voice, fearing what was about to come. I expected tears. What I got instead was somehow worse. Oh no, he sighed with sad resignation, that means I have to give you a hard time. Wait. What!? [...]
We’ve all been there; at the ballet recital or the baseball game, the science fair or the soccer pitch. We beam with pride as watch our kids try hard, push themselves to new heights, and succeed at what they love to do, at what they are talented at doing. So [...]
There are many different kinds of surprises awaiting first time dads so we asked the amazing Life of Dad community, “What's something that’s surprised you about fatherhood?” Of course no one should be caught off guard by the parade of midnight feedings and sleepless nights after bringing home a new [...]
