How many times have you been in the room and your child is talking to you, but you find yourself having to ask them to repeat what they have said (this could also go with your spouse too). To often I find that people tend to hear but not listen [...]
When I heard about Lane Graves, the toddler killed by an alligator at Disney, I almost threw up. My son is 23-months old, roughly the same age as Lane. I have a picture of him hugging a teddy bear he got for Christmas. His face is beaming as he holds it [...]
Not gonna lie, we thought we’d get a slew of superhero references when we asked our Facebook community what ability they’d give their children. Instead, our amazing moms and dads on Facebook delivered a bevy of thoughtful, impassioned responses that immediately made us feel better about this crazy, sometimes cruel, [...]
My youngest kid is always the first one up which was a major problem when she was younger because apparently noise never sounds noisy when she’s making it. But as she got older, she started to take care to be quiet (yes, it does eventually happen). One morning while staying [...]
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We swear we’re not launching a Life of Dad game show…but if we ever did we’d need a great name. Thankfully, our Facebook community is both brilliant AND hilarious. When we asked you If Parenting Were A Game Show What Would It Be Called, you guys delivered hundreds of amazing [...]
How many of you have gotten to your last straw with your child and lost your patience, to the extent that you start getting frustrated and mad at what they are not understanding? How many of you have waited and waited for your child to simply "get it" and they [...]
As you probably noticed, we generally like to keep it light and fun on Life of Dad as much as possible but when we asked our community what they miss from their own childhood, things got a little deep which was really cool because it told us what we already [...]
My daughter’s always been precocious. It is a trait I take a lot of pride and enjoyment from, and we’ve had a lot of talks far beyond the norm for her age. Politics, history, and social understanding (people, relationships, body language, etc.) are but some of her favorite subjects. [...]
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: [...]