The other night while driving home with my boys we got into a great discussion on what it takes to be a leader. As a parent you want to constantly tell your kids that anything is possible as long as you work hard for it and believe in [...]
With the new year I have decided to launch a new feature called Dadventure2G0. These are posts with a downloadable pdf to serve as a guide/aide to the adventure. If you use them I'd love both feedback and examples of how you used them. So with no further ado I [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 Janet Pozmantier, Outreach Educator with the Dibble Institute. Janet is a licensed professional counselor, marriage and family therapist, and play therapist. She has worked in the [...]
By popular demand, this is the writing of Michael Frye set to music. Read by Keith Schumacher.
Stew Friedman, Wharton Professor and author of Baby Bust: New Choices for Men and Women in Work and Family reveals the astounding discovery that only 42% of 2012 college graduates plan to have children—half the percentage who took the same survey in 1992. We discuss the similarities in the value that [...]
Chicago has some world-class museums and attractions! I feel very fortunate to be able to take my kids on Dadventures to places where such rich learning can be done. We have expanded our minds at the Museum of Science and Industry. we've sketched in the Art Institute of Chicago, and we've been [...]
The American Dad Podcast is a for fathers, husbands and anyone who is striving to be a better father and husband. This is a parenting podcast and a be a better husband podcast because both are very important.
The American Dad Podcast is a for fathers, husbands and anyone who is striving to be a better father and husband. This is a parenting podcast and a be a better husband podcast because both are very important.
