Sometimes, it is hard to know as a dad if we are doing a good job. Being a father and raising a child is like buying a stock and never looking at the price again for 15-18 years. Did we succeed? Is the company still in business? Where did I [...]
Lying, Complacency and Other Things Dads Will Not Tolerate. What is something you can not and will not tolerate? https://www.facebook.com/lifeofdad/posts/10155110346766427 Complacency Tony Abræn: To a teenage son -- complacency. Nothing pisses me off more than the mindset that this world owes him something, and he doesn't have to work for [...]
"I feel some kind of way about Dad's never getting any love on TV or in books. Why is that?" -Me My wife and I were talking the other day and she was sharing some insights from one of the 8,000 books she's reading in preparation for our kid coming. [...]
Life is a balance. I'm recently a new dad who waited later in life to have my children. That decision was balanced by the fact that I wasn't mature enough to enjoy kids in my 20's. Now my little girl...who's only 9 months old...is the most amazing and exciting thing [...]
This week on the Life of Dad segment, Art and Crafts, we made butterfly magnets. If you have read my posts here at Life of Dad you know that my daughters love butterflies. This is just another case in point. Plus, my girls love when we paint so this [...]
This Saturday was spent doing orientation training for the Olympics. I am one of over 70,000 volunteers who are going to help make 2012 the best Olympics event ever! Definitely an opportunity of a lifetime… Now unfortunately I haven’t figured out how to be in two places at once just [...]
