This is when parenting gets more challenging, when dads realize that changing diapers will be the easiest thing we do as a parent. Yeah, even the shittiest diapers are easier to handle than the complicated, nuanced, ever-evolving world of technology our kids are exploring and desiring. Here’s some advice recently [...]
The Life of Dad Facebook community continues to inspire us as dads and this thread is one of the huge reasons why. When when dad is struggling to come to terms with the fact that his daughter may need medication for her anxiety, hundreds come to offer him words [...]
I was a month shy of five years old when my brother was born. Within fairly short order my parents put me to work keeping him entertained. My job was to sit on the couch with my brother resting against my arm and the arm of the couch while he [...]
When one Life of Dad user put out a call for parenting advice in the wake of his son being diagnosed with autism, many members of our Facebook community offered up their own personal experience. Here are a few first hand anecdotes to help this one dad and hopefully [...]
Sometimes when we ask questions on Facebook, the answers take us in a different direction. This one is a perfect example of that. It was a simple question about what you use as leverage when negotiating with your kid but it turned into a debate about should you negotiate or [...]
Every dad knows that it can be difficult to get his kid to pay attention so we asked our incredible Life of Dad Facebook community to give us their tips and tricks. Here's the no fail plan to always get your kid's attention! https://www.facebook.com/lifeofdad/posts/10154814394251427 Tristan Welch: My kids are both [...]
A while ago I wrote about resilience and wrestling with questions about how I could help my children to develop resilience. Since I wrote that post I have been doing some reading. I generally don’t read much parenting advice because I don’t find it particularly helpful. Either I disagree with the [...]
This is timely in my part of the world, where winter has been nothing but dark, grey and wet. Hardly any snow and even less sun. The weather has been getting everyone down so here’s a bunch of fun ideas to bring some light and happiness into your life [...]
What do you hope your kid grows up to do better than you? This is an interesting question that gauges both the hope a parent has for their child and also, sometimes, the recipe for how parents are trying to accomplish it. Here's some of what you told about the [...]
According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, 28% of students in grades 6-12 have experienced bullying. That number is huge, particularly given the increase of youth suicide. As school age bullying comes increasingly to the forefront of international studies and news, I’ve done some research on [...]
