I noticed something interesting 5 minutes into Christmas morning. My 2 year old had ripped open a couple Chuggington train cars and was in bliss. He was hooking them up, driving them around the carpet…
Browsing Category Fatherhood
Alanis Morissette On Motherhood
You see the craziness with which people attack wedding planning. Just turn on a lifestyle channel on the weekends and you’ll see people worried about colours, place settings, dresses and venues. But what thought do…
Movember Baby Moustache
Here are some great resources to add clip art moustaches to your kids for movember.
A Father’s Day Wish
This is a rebuttal to an article of the same title written by Jeff Pearlman for CNN this week. I’ve seen it re-posted a lot this week, some people have even gone so far as…
Father Friendly Baby Shower Gifts
Men don’t get the whole “shower” thing. A bunch of hens getting together to shower a friend in gifts because a big event is happening in their lives? Big deal – can’t we just go…
Stupid Parents With Stupid Strollers
There’s a radio message board I read that went wildly off topic this weekend flame throwing at parents in this post by Mike Cleaver. Why is it that parents think they need to bring their…
Parents For Prime Minister
Never mind the politics, what are these leaders like as parents? Many in the Yummy Mummy Club are wanting to #momthevote by raising family issues in the current campaign. Let’s take it one step further…
Daddy, I Killed The TV
That time I got a brand new, very expensive tv to review, and my son killed it.
Are You Happier With Kids?
Look yourself in the mirror and ask yourself how you really feel about being a parent. Is your life complete? Are you happier than you were before you had kids? Would you change anything? A…
The Forgotten Second Child
I wouldn’t have missed my first son’s first birthday for the world. He was my first born. My son. A piece of me that I somehow didn’t destroy in his first year of life. That…
Back That Thing Up
My grandmother kept all our old photos in meticulous scrapbooks. All organized by date and trip, annotated with park admission ticket stubs and stories of our adventures. She had no backup for those scrapbooks. The…
Two Is Enough
Today I had a needless, no scalpel vasectomy. What it feels like is going to the dentist, except that dull, numb pseudo pain is in your groin. Just because there is no scalpel in the vasectomy, doesn’t mean there aren’t scissors.
Is Walking With Dinosaurs Okay For Kids?
Is Walking With Dinosaurs okay for kids? Yes, but you should prepare them first by watching some dinosaur videos on youtube.
Four Fathers on Father’s Day
Dads are different. We get it. But Father’s Day is just as important. This entire website is a dedication to what it means to be a Dad. It’s about compromise, it’s about fear, it’s about…
Warming up to Fathers Day…
Well, I’ll admit that I have never been one for what I have considered to be Hallmark holidays. Those are days like Mothers Day, Fathers Day and well Administrative Professionals’ Day (formerly Secretary’s Day) for that matter.
Balancing Your Needs And Theirs
[twitter]Being a dad isn’t always about doing what you want to do. Actually, it rarely is. It’s about compromise. I received a last minute invitation to see Mitch Joel and Gary Vaynerchuk speak today. The…