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.
I look forward every spring to the start of baseball season. Excited for the first time I hear the crack of the bat, the first roar of the crowd, and the first 7th inning stretch where the crowd sings "Take Me Out to the Ball Game". The same way I [...]
With the fall soccer season in full swing, the posts and articles complaining about participation trophies and lack of keeping score are rolling in. "Back in my day participation trophies weren't given out" or "who cares if you win 30 - 0. We just played better." "Not keeping score and giving trophies [...]
Geocahing is fast becoming one of our family's favorite adventures. We have gone on a few geocache hunts and are gearing up for many more. We did our first geocache hunt with a local campfire scouts group. On that trip we found a cache of goodies in a clear plastic [...]
Join us for some laughs with NY based columnist and author Brad Manzo. Manzo’s latest book How Not to Parent takes us on a personal journey as he watches his two kids grow up and he slowly grows into the embarassing Dad he once mocked – most of us dads [...]
In this episode, renowned education critic Alfie Kohn urges parents to question the prevailing assumptions driving U.S. education policy including the value of standardized tests, the Common Core Standards, the meaning of international rankings, and the need to have a common national curriculum. He suggests an action plan to turn back the [...]
This week for our Art and Crafts segment here at Life of Dad we are making kites. Now that my oldest is at kindergarten five days a week it leaves the crafts ideas to me and my youngest. I asked Jordan what she wanted to make one day and she [...]
There is something special about the relationship between a daughter and her dad. As fathers we have a great responsibility to teach our daughters by example and shape their image of what a great man is. We are pleased to welcome Clay Brizendine to the show, authoer of Shoebox Letters [...]
What better way to celebrate our 25th show than by discussing the little critters who live on our little critters. Lice expert and admirer KELLY CRABTREE dispels some popular myths and discusses the best ways to keep headlice away. We also speak to our second Dad in the Limelight, LEE [...]
Tons of new music arrived in my mailbox this summer — it’s high time I play some! The September ’13 episode of the world’s finest podcast for discovering the modern golden age of kindie music features new tunes from up and coming artists like Andrew & Polly, Josh & Gab, [...]