The Secret Boyfriend
Over the weekend, my wife and I found out rather unexpectedly that our oldest, Thing 1, officially has her first boyfriend. He apparently asked her out via text message. Kids these days! This all...
Category: Fatherhood
Laser Tag: Challenge Accepted
My son, Thing 2, turns 10 tomorrow – the big double digits. We’re throwing him a birthday party tonight, involving some friends coming over for a sleepover and we’re taking them all to a...
Teaching Your Kids to Fight The Man When You Are The Man
Growing up, I remember being a constantly curious kid. While my parents encouraged it, they didn’t exactly appreciate it when I questioned things like our faith or their decisions. I remember wondering why we...
Would You Live Stream Your Vasectomy?
Today, November 7, 2014, is World Vasectomy Day and according to the Utah People’s Post, one doctor alone live streamed 28 vasectomy procedures today. The article also reports: Around 300 surgeons from 30 countries...
Promises Every Parent Should Make
If you read one post today, make this the post. Written as an open letter to his children and parents everywhere, a Christian pastor and father writes about his promises to his children, should...
How Do You Want Your Child to Feel?
When I first became a dad, I was very strict with my oldest and even my second child because, well, that’s how I was raised. You didn’t talk back. You didn’t question your parents....
You Are Your Child’s Favorite Toy
Being a father and raising three amazing kids is, hands down, the most fun, perplexing, rewarding, and exhausting thing that I have ever done. My three children – 13-year-old Thing 1; 9-year-old Thing 2;...
#RealDadMoments with Dove Men+Care
Dove Men+Care knocks it out of the park again! Their new ad, just in time for Father’s Day, is titled “Calls For Dad” and once you start watching the video, you’ll quickly find out...
Have You Really Hugged Your Kids Today?
I’m sure most of you have watched that “Free Hugs” video on YouTube, where Juan Mann gives out free hugs to passersby in a busy Australian concourse. We’ve watched as a stranger’s face lights...
