How do measure greatness when it comes to being a dad? askmen.com published an article last month called 12 Traits of a Great Father, written by Julian Marcus.
List includes:
1- He’s a good disciplinarian
2- He allows his kids to make some mistakes
3- He’s open-minded
4- He teaches his children to appreciate things
5- He accepts that his kids […]
From our leaders in Washington.
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We always hear people say, “oooh just let kids be kids.” In other words, kids need to learn things on their own, as if it is a natural learning process. But not only that, kids just need a place to go be themselves. When I was a kid I had this cool fort I built […]
Thanks Jason for pointing us to Family Phil for posting a synopsis of the last chapter in Ben Stein’s book called Tommy and Me: The Making of a Dad.
Read the following. They are Ben Stein’s 10 Commandments of Fatherhood:
1. Time is of the essence. Spend large amounts of time with your child. Kids don’t want […]
Cory at Marriage Actually comes up with 6 Tips on How to Encourage Your Spouse.
A great and honorable thing you can do as a husband is to encourage your wife when things seem to get a bit on the downswing of things. Life, and especially married life, can be real tricky. Cory gives 6 tips […]
An article written by L.A. Daddy got me thinking about eating disorders, especially the fact that I have 4 daughters, and eating disorders are higher among young females. Right now none of my kids seem to have any issues or concerns with food. Some of the foods my kids won’t eat are actually unhealthy foods.. […]
My dream? The Island Hopper Giant Jump water park. Though I wouldn’t know how to transport it each time I headed to the lake. We don’t currently own a camp on the water so this would be a little difficult. But look at this thing. 5 kids and this could be my babysitter each summer […]
Very debatable. NOT being a geek doesn’t necessarily make you a bad dad but it is almost a sure bet if you are a geek you are a good dad. Why? Lookee here. Top ten reasons geeks make good fathers. Take note… this is written by a woman.
1. LEGOS. The Geek is really more of […]
Today my wife and I celebrate 8 years of marriage. In the last 8 years we have been through so much it seems almost a lifetime. Though the time has flown by like a warm summer breeze, it has left so much on our doorstep.
5 kids later and we are in the thick of it. […]
The cold hard truth about postpartum depression is there are just as many men who suffer through this as there are women. Though women are the ones who get all the attention, men sit in silence and in pure agony not just seeing their loved ones go through this, but they actually take on the […]
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