Volunteering: Sometimes it Helps to get a Nudge in the Right Direction.
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This Friday’s Fatherhood Friday post is about sacrificing your own time to strengthen your family relationships.
Twice a year for the past five years I have had to make a tough decision. Should I volunteer …

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What I Learned on my Summer Vacation: My Son Hates Water
Friday, 24 Jul, 2009 – 23:54 | 2 Comments
What I Learned on my Summer Vacation: My Son Hates Water

OK, busy, busy day, but want to sneak in a Fatherhood Friday post for Dad-Blogs.com before midnight, so I’ll keep this one short and sweet (hopefully not too sappy though). As we spent some …

On toddlers and temper tantrums
Thursday, 23 Jul, 2009 – 23:51 | No Comment
On toddlers and temper tantrums

Over the last few weeks, we’ve watched our 18-month old son discover the power of the temper tantrum. His is a particularly effective blend of bloodcurdling, shrill screaming and a dramatic ritual of flinging body …

How Has The Economy Affected Your Role As Father?
Monday, 20 Jul, 2009 – 12:16 | No Comment
How Has The Economy Affected Your Role As Father?

This morning I read an article on cnn.com called “Dads reveal struggle to balance work, family” about how the recession has affected fathers by creating more or less time for them to spend with their …

Forty Things To Teach Your Children Before They Leave Home
Thursday, 16 Jul, 2009 – 9:48 | No Comment
Forty Things To Teach Your Children Before They Leave Home

Sherri from Serene Journey, wrote a guest post for mysuperchargedlife.com about the 40 things that she wants to teach her kids before they leave home. Some are serious, some are lighthearted, but all are a …

Self Help: Success in Fatherhood Without a Role Model.
Monday, 13 Jul, 2009 – 13:30 | No Comment
Self Help: Success in Fatherhood Without a Role Model.

A study Professor Renata Forste published in a recent issue of the journal Fathering helps define how Father’s who grew up without a Father or with poor role models learn to succeed in parenting.  “Those …

Fathers Spending More Time With Their Kids and Why That’s a Good Thing
Thursday, 9 Jul, 2009 – 15:54 | No Comment
Fathers Spending More Time With Their Kids and Why That’s a Good Thing

Katharine Mieszkowski of Salon.com interviews author Jeremy Adam Smith about his new book, “The Daddy Shift: How Stay-at-Home Dads, Breadwinning Moms and Shared Parenting Are Transforming the American Family,” and why today’s fathers spending more …

How Stay-at-Home Dads Redefine Gender Roles
Tuesday, 7 Jul, 2009 – 16:45 | One Comment
How Stay-at-Home Dads Redefine Gender Roles

Great article by Betsy Stark on the ABC News website discussing how full-time fathers are redefining gender roles.  Here are my favorite quotes from the article:
“In the movies, so-called “Mr. Moms” only take care of …

Parenting, Resentment, And Why It’s OK
Monday, 6 Jul, 2009 – 11:34 | One Comment
Parenting, Resentment, And Why It’s OK

Let’s face it, stay-at-home parenting and resentment go hand in hand. Usually it’s a deep secret we try to keep hidden and rarely do we talk about it with our friends or heaven forbid …