Parenting tips can overwhelm parents, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t worthwhile. Here are five tips for raising confident kids.
Everything Kids Do Is About Becoming Better
Kids are amazing because everything they do is to become better. They are constantly searching for ways to become the best at what they do. Even if that’s playing. — The funniest thing about kids is that they have no filter. They say what they think and think what they say is always appropriate for…
It’s Okay to Hate Kids Music
For too many years, during long car rides with my kids, we’d listen to the carefully-curated iPod playlist I created way back when they were little. The musical hit list – a manically cheerful, possibly seizure-inducing sonic soup of Dan Zanes, Jessica Harper, John Lithgow, Laurie Berkner, and others – had been the soundtrack of…
5 Ways To Show A Father’s Love
There are some ways to show a father’s love that are easy to do, and then there are the hard ways that often leave te most impact. — I remember a time when I was a kid. I’d done something wrong and for the life of me I can’t remember what it was (that’s not…
Dad Project: How To Build An Heirloom Toy Chest
Steve Mize recognizes that baby’s won’t remember their first birthday, so he made something a Dad is sure his daughter will remember forever. — It’s a truism that the first birthday is a gimme, more about the parents than the birthday girl. She’s never going to remember the day, and anyway, you’re the one who…
Parenting Is Hard When Your Kids Are Cute
Parenting is hard enough as it is. Why do kids have to be so cute? It’s like they’re out to get us. — Being the disciplinarian for your kids is hard work. It’s the worst part of being a parent as far as I’m concerned. Nobody wants to have to make their children cry or…
Two Gay Dads Are Redefining Family The Best Way Possible
There comes a time when you can’t sacrifice yourself for the good of other people. It just won’t work. These two gay dads figured that out. — Donovan Gutierrez and Eric Alvarado both grew up with traditional Mexican backgrounds, where marrying women and starting a family wasn’t just encouraged, it was expected. And half of that equation…
Why Teenagers Are Scary As Hell: A Dad Looking Forward
I don’t have teenagers yet, but I’m going to be the dad of two in the next few years, I’m scared. Please help! — Yesterday I wrote about how scary babies are. I stand by that, but the more I got to thinking about it the more I realized it’s not the babies we…
Why Dads Are Scared Of Babies, And Fascinated
Babies are scary. Dads are afraid of them and for good reason. But they are also fascinated by them, here’s why.
Dear Layla, Your Daddy Misses You Daily
I will not be labeled as a dad who lost a child, I will be the dad who always loves an infant. — Today is a day I’ll always remember as a haze. As a day when I hadn’t slept in 48 hours, and I didn’t care. I was stuck in Kuwait trying to get…
The Crisis Of Modern Parenting: A TED Talk
Modern Parenting has changed the way parents understand their role in raising their children. It’s not always the land of milk and honey. — If you were to know me on a personal level you’d know that I have a love for TED Talks that is almost unmatched against other content available on the internet.…
Dad Science: Cool Facts About What Makes A Dad
Dads rock and the term “good dad” is getting more and more complicated. Let’s take a look at a few Dad facts to better understand the “Old Man”. — As the role of moms has shifted, so has that of dads. The days of the stereotypical bumbling bread winner who doesn’t know how to change a…
3 Steps On Teaching Your Kids How To Be Losers
Being a loser doesn’t mean you’re worthless, it means you are able to handle taking a loss and keep going. That’s what I’m trying to teach my kids. — In recent months my son has become obsessed with WWE and all things wrestling. For Christmas Santa brought him an Xbox One (a present I was…
30 Simple Family Pleasures
Sometimes the simplest of things can be the most impactful for your family. Here are 30 simple family pleasures. Do you remember to have fun every day? I’m sure you remember to brush your teeth, to eat, and to go to work. I’m confident you have a handwritten or a technology-based to-do list that you…
Non-Traditional Families Are Becoming Tradition
Tradition is meant to change, but I don’t think anyone could have predicted the way tradition would change the modern family. The modern family is something entirely different than what our grandparents grew up with. In the 1950s the man of the house would work long hours and put food on the table. The mother…
Call For Submissions: My Dad Taught Me
Our dad’s teach us a lot, even if they may not have been around. This is a series about the most important lessons your dad taught you. — Call For Submissions! Here in the dad’s and families section, we take pride in the idea of being a parent. It’s not something we have to do, it’s something…