Usually, we write some words here but that headline kinda sums it up perfectly, How To Introduce Cellphones Into Your Kids Lives And Keep Them Safe Without Letting Technology and Social Media Destroy Their Lives We think there's a balance to be achieved and that it can be done. [...]
Every parent knows the pain of having to ask their kid to do the thing 2, 3, 4 times. It is maddening. Is sound coming out of my voice, am I speaking in Latin? Why is the thing not happening? Here's advice from the hive mind on... How To [...]
Personally, I live by the words of Frederick Douglass, "without struggle there can be no progress". As a parent, this means I let my kids make mistakes and I let them fail, from a very young age when the consequences are minimal, so that they and we learn how to [...]
You might be feeling defeated today. The exhaustion and anxiety have set in. You feel like Sisyphus with his rock. You got so far with your child, and then something went wrong. It could have been any number of things; A meltdown. A bad trip to the doctor. A denial [...]
In 5 Words Or Less, Hundreds of Dads Define ‘Family’. Here are 15 dads who nail exactly what family is. https://www.facebook.com/lifeofdad/photos/a.434607921426.227352.299622516426/10155703048076427/?type=3 Joe Feighan: Blood isn’t important, love is! Steve Chavez: I only need one word: Everything. Tom Beech: I've. Never. Got. Any. Money. Ben Mayers-Davies: No words needed… Craig Jakeman: [...]
How To Stop The Tantrums and Get Your Child To Love Bathtime. Real advice for dads who have mastered the bath time routine. https://www.facebook.com/lifeofdad/photos/a.434607921426.227352.299622516426/10155722807391427/?type=3 Kim Chapple" Try the shower maybe. I have 4 kids, 2 of each, and they all went through this phase. My youngest is 20 months and [...]
This is how you create real magic for your kids. Josh, a father from Nebraska, decided to assist his son’s new hobby by burying a “treasure chest” in a local park and letting his son find it. Now his son firmly (and correctly) believes that he’s uncovered some legitimate [...]
When your child begins to lie is one of the biggest and most challenging parenting hurdles. Luckily, there's a community of 1.5 million dads who are happy to share their experience and help with handling a lying child. Dad Advice: How To Handle A Lying Child https://www.facebook.com/lifeofdad/photos/a.434607921426.227352.299622516426/10155728192736427/?type=3 Zach Roberts: [...]
We've talked about it before but this is as evergreen as it gets in the parenting world: allowance, yay or nay? What say you, dads? https://www.facebook.com/lifeofdad/photos/a.434607921426.227352.299622516426/10155648769781427/?type=3 Philip Noseworthy: No allowance [because] chores are family duties. That grow as they become older. Pocket money is earned by reading books, writing stories, [...]
Thanksgiving and Black Friday have come and gone, thus we enter the “grey area” between one holiday and the next. As of the writing of this post, we have 30 days till Christmas, 17 days till Hanukkah, 31 days till Kwanzaa and for our family [...]
