MenGetPregnantToo is in Labour!
Dear Readers, The FatherDaddy blog and all its components are being rebranded as “MenGetPregnantToo.com”. This name stems from a book I am polishing. Thematically, the blog remains the same: marriage and fatherhood and relationships with one’s family balanced with the outside world.
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42 Minutes for a Lunch Burger Counts as a Date Night, Right?
time time time quote, smart phone & text stress community theatre date
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Kids! Wanna Play Opposite Day? Here’s What Mine Would Look Like…
"Daddy! No means yes, yes means no! It's opposite day!"I indulge them for a while around the dinner table. After about 15 minutes, I'm done. "Okay," I say. "That's enough. Eat your dinner, please.""Oh? Eat our dinner? I guess that means don't eat our dinner . Right?""Come on, " I prod. "If you don't finish up, there'll…
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“What Do I Do While You’re Pregnant?” Now Available at All Major Online Retailers
I'm happy to announce that my book, "What Do I
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Parents Should Claim Their Baggage
We are all the result of our genetics and our upbringing. Nature and nurture. The percentages of the recipe may be debatable, but the cake’s out of the oven: we are our parents’ products, for better and for worse.
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Sgt. Pepper Puts a Spin on Connecting with Teen
While my son’s gift was uncovering the revolutionary magic of analog needles and grooves, my gift was reliving my adolescence through the hums of base notes and the vibrations of rock-band-meets-orchestra working its way through my bedroom floor.
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Friends, Family & Technology: The Monster Under the Bed.
When I watch my kids text their friends—their necks strained toward the floor, giving them a profile of a lower-case “r”, like a lamplight with a loose shoelace—it no longer makes me grit and spasm. What was it then? Why, despite meditation and a determined sense of acceptance, do social media habits still drive me crazy?!
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What to Buy for Father’s Day? Ask Him! (…and, no garage door openers.)
The make-up artist said to me, “I don’t know what to buy my husband for Father’s Day!” “Why Don’t you ask him?” I said. That seemed to be a new concept. That was part of this more philosophical conversation Joanne and I had about the evolution of Father’s Day, and the gifts that…
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Dear Doctor, I think My Kids Aren’t Working Properly.
I find some of my children’s new behaviors worrisome. I have listed them below, in no particular order:
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Study Shows Organized Sport is Not for Every Child
I will reveal that neither my son nor my daughter is enamored with organized sports or other activities. Fellow parents are often taken aback when they ask whether my child is signed up for such-and-such or so-and-so, and I answer “No,” and “No.” And that’s okay.
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I Want Loneliness for Father’s Day
I am a 44 year-old husband, a father of two children—ages 11 and 9—and the co-owner of a 1955 detached cottage which is making demands on my DIY skills that I can’t keep up with. What do I want for Father’s Day? For it all to go away.
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“Exhaustification” – Do Parents Waste Too Much Time and Energy Debating Each Other?
Sometimes paradise is defined simply by being able to say “yes” or “no” all by your grown-up self.
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Grandparent Handbook Builds Bridges Between Generations
One of the great things about this book’s building block—its heart—is it can generate as much excitement and interest in a grandchild as it can in a grandparent. There are literally years of what-to-do within its pages.
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“What Do I Do While You’re Pregnant?” Now Available at All Major Online Outlets
I’m happy to announce that my book “What Do I Do While You’re Pregnant?”, in addition to being available for Kindle and in paperback on Amazon, is now also being distributed through all the major online retail outlets. This means it can now also be enjoyed on the Nook, iPad, and Kobo
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Am I Underestimating my Children’s Autonomy?
With my son heading away to Scout Camp this weekend, I reread a post I had written one year ago about the lessons I’d learned the first time I saw this group of kids gain autonomy the moment the stepped away from their parents.
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On voiceBoks.com: This Dad’s Debates Goes Something Like This …
They say the number one method for correcting and guiding behavior in your children is creating clear rules and guidelines…and sticking to them. That is often more easily said, than done:
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From Voiceboks.com: A Parental Airlock Can Work Wonders
One will say the other has no idea what it’s like to be home with monosyllabic, incontinent, explosive infants all day; the other will insist there is no pressure like being responsible for a full-time salary and obligations to the The Man at The Corporation. The consistent complaint for all of us is: pressure. And…
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“What Do I Do While You’re Pregnant?” Encourages Understanding of the Parent-In-Waiting
Hopefully, moms and dads can read this book together, and spark a new discussion about how men, or other parents-to-be who are not carrying their child through pregnancy, experiences those nine months of gestation.
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Jim Gaffigan on CBS: Sometimes Dads Are Their Own Worst Enemies
I know, he’s a comedian. Fantastic. If that’s your brand of humor, yuck it up. But there are many of us dads who work hard to be what our children expect from a parent, and what society is only very slowly awakening to.
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Men: Minivans Are an Evolution Not Emasculation
“The most dangerous behaviour most North American men engage in is driving a car. And there is a good chance it is a minivan, a boxy emblem of masculine decline.” Really?
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Dad Asks: Will the Super Bowl Halftime Show be Family Viewing?
My little 8-year-old girl has so far shown every sign of eventually becoming a self-assured, confident young adult with just the right amount of “My Way.” I see no need to potentially derail that with thirteen minutes of “cleavage sells records.”
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How To Say “No, We Can’t Afford That.” To Your Kids
Trying to find different and believable ways to dodge questions about expensive presents – and whether Santa will bring them, and why other friends have them – can be exhausting. This column hints at a couple of ideas which can – especially when reinforced over an extended period of time – help ease the burden.
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BMO Turns a Soccer Cheer Into a Road Trip for the Whole Team
A special thank you to BMO who will make a generous donation to the Sun Youth Organization as part of our partnership for this post. Here is your little player’s chance to send their whole team to an MLS game.
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Summer Road Trip Tips for New and Expectant Parents
As part of our collaboration on this post, Canadian Tire has made a generous donation to the Canadian Cancer Society on behalf of this blog. Many items mentioned in this post are also available as part of a giveaway. Just drop a word or two in the comment section, and you’re eligible!
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Another Study Supports the Benefits of Paternity leave
Now a graduate of the programme, Xiaoyang Luo completed her thesis “Organisational Factors Impacting Fathers’ Use of Parental Benefits in Canada”. Some of those conclusions have been summarized in this article she wrote for the Vancouver Sun.
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Animal Jam Comes with a Parental Security Blanket
My kids have begun to participate in online activities where interaction with others is possible. As parents we become too complacent once our children are occupied and quiet. The Animal Jam team was making sure I remained plugged in.
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Working Parents Fight for the Right to Parent. (whether others like it or not)
Before becoming a parent I can remember being put off when asked if I could work overtime – or weekends – to replace So-and-So because they had their kids. Now, here I am. Now I am most likely the cause of someone else’s occasional misery.
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New TV Series Wants to Help B.C. Parents and Their Picky Eater
-Do you have a five or six-year-old who refuses to eat certain foods? -Is the dinnertable becoming a battle of wills instead of a family gathering? -Is the worry about your picky eater causing stress for your family?
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“I’d Like To Marry a Woman Who is a Good Provider.”
How would society react to 17-year-old boys openly admitting that marrying a woman with strong career potential was a high priority? What if they kept their eye out for a good provider?
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