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 …

Growing up in Portland, Oregon, I was always surrounded by the beauty of the outdoors. From Mt. Hood, to the Columbia River Gorge, to the Oregon coast there was always some amazing nature around me. …

As the husband of an art history professor who specializes in European art it’s a given that my wife has to spend time each year traveling to museums, libraries, archives, and conferences. Just last …

We welcome everyone to our blog. Whether you followed me over from Mere Mortal Dad or just recently found us, we’re excited that you’re here! We believe all parents have the ability to make …

As I sit here in the car in the Target parking lot with an unhappy baby while my wife finishes the grocery shopping I’m thinking about how over the past several years as we’ve worked …

I came across this well written, insightful article about the anguish, frustration, and self doubt that attack every new parent. In this story it describes a couple dealing with the difficulties of breastfeeding, which …

From the rantings of the always fun to read Chag Holland (Cynical Dad):
“The sole reason many of us became stay-at-home parents has been taken away from us: being a stay-at-home parent will no longer get …

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 …

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 …

So this is the inaugural post of meremortaldad.com a site that helps men recognize they don’t have be perfect to be a super dad. Let me start by telling you my story.
In 2000 I …