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 [...]
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 [...]
I recently learned that it takes 21 days of repetitive action to create a new habit. So, when it comes to instilling good habits in children, we parents have plenty of time. In fact, if we are super efficient, we can get our kids into good habits at a rate [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
There are impressive bags of startling hues under my eyes - I think they’re here to stay. I have some unidentifiable stains on my shirt, the same shirt that I might have worn yesterday - I’m not sure. There’s a saccharine sing-song tone to my voice that was never there [...]
The Many Golden Rules As Described By Dads and Moms, from please and thank you, always saying goodnight and beyond. https://www.facebook.com/lifeofdad/posts/10154777620436427 Zachary David Leo Reffke: To always mind their Mother. She's done everything in the world for them. I'll be damned if I see her disrespected in my house. [...]
Recently I was fortunate enough to have a Nikon D5500 Digital Camera come into my life. The minute I took my first photo, I realized that photography was something I should have picked up YEARS ago. 4 years ago to be exact…when my son, Grayson was born. Don’t get me [...]
The beginning of the year has already passed, and with it the optimism over New Year’s resolutions is cooling. How does this happen every year? Where does all the steam go? It's not just us. Our teens notice this trend too. They see how little resolutions we make seem [...]
