A couple questions to tackle here, At What Age Is It Okay to Take a Child To The Movies? and if you've already taken your kid to the theater, what was their first movie on the big screen? https://www.facebook.com/lifeofdad/photos/a.434607921426.227352.299622516426/10155600242446427/?type=3 Mark Atherton: As soon as they can sit still long enough, [...]
Who knew that coffee could be such a lightening rod topic. Maybe we should switch to decaf? https://www.facebook.com/lifeofdad/posts/10155355656131427 Jesse Lethbridge: Its terrible for him. It will stunt his growth and caffeine is bad for a brain that isn't done maturing. Who the hell lets him drink coffee? Jo Souto: [...]
Life is better and easier if kid #1 takes to kid #2. That's why this dad advice column culled from the community content on the Life of Dad Facebook page is so crucial. Here are real dads giving advice on helping big bro fall in love with his new bro [...]
Taking your kid to get a haircut can be a hair raising experience. We thought it would be fun to ask the dads of our Facebook community to describe their kid's haircut in 3 words or less. Here are the answers that made the cut! https://www.facebook.com/lifeofdad/posts/10155426832501427 Tyson Knaub: Really really [...]
We get a lot of dads asking us for advice and instead of giving them one opinion, we often open it up to the Life of Dad community to debate, discuss and share ideas freely. Here's how dads responded to the question of an 8-year-old being left home alone. https://www.facebook.com/lifeofdad/posts/10155377131361427 [...]
School is just around the corner and I’ve been trying to figure out a way to keep in touch with my kids. Up until now things have been easy. They haven’t wandered far and school activities have been limited. But man….. Things are changing. I had no idea how I [...]
A lot of what we see, do, touch and especially smell as a dad is 100% disgusting. We asked the dads of our Facebook community to tell us what they think is disgusting. The answers, ahem, are very, very disgusting. Warning: What follows is not for those with a weak [...]
These are the best kinds of threads on our Facebook page, dads talking glowingly about how great their kids are and how much they love them. Here's what your kids do best! https://www.facebook.com/lifeofdad/posts/10155358772056427 Mike Washuck: Everything. Literally the day she turned 2 she potty trained "herself". Grade one math, better [...]
We knew we'd got a dose of the "my girl isn't going to date forever" thing and the "I'm collecting guns to threaten all the boys" trope, but we sifted through those unreasonable responses to find true (and sometimes funny) pieces of advice on when a child should be [...]
I’m a huge proponent of autonomy in kids as well as affording them a self-directed life from a very young age. I figure that it is better to teach them decision making skills when the risks of failure are low. Clothing is something my two daughters have had pretty [...]
