A Dads Network
Having a teenager can be a difficult time, and being one can be even harder. It’s a strange time in their life as they aren’t a kid anymore, but they still rely on people to assist them with decision making. There has been an increase of teenagers … [Continue reading]
There was one thing I was looking forward to when I had my first kid. It wasn’t spending time raising someone to be responsible, nor was it having a new best friend to laugh and play with. It was finally getting someone else to mow the lawn for … [Continue reading]
Stress and emotional pain of a separation can be exacerbated by worrying over expenses for your children. Let yourself focus on the important things in life, and work on discovering strategies that will help you to find workable solutions to your … [Continue reading]
If you were to spend a lot of time with me a few years ago, you would have observed the serious and worry side of me. Today that side is still there but in a lessor degree because it gets replaced by a conscious effort to be present in the … [Continue reading]
If your kids are anything like mine and i think most are, they are fussy eaters. Until recently i threw out a lot of everything I cooked for my daughter, mostly, when I was trying to introduce her to different foods. She was stubborn when it came … [Continue reading]
Khaaliq Thomas is a professional photographer and custodial dad of 3 (recently divorced). For the past year he has been working on a photo documentary concentrating on single / custodial fathers households. We would like to spread the word and … [Continue reading]
This is what breakfast looked like at our house this morning. Every now and then using an A4 piece of paper I draw up a menu similar to the ones we get in a cafe and we all get to order what we would like to eat. It's a bit of fun as kids love to … [Continue reading]
Ok, so maybe you have a child that dances around the living room as soon as they hear music on the TV. Perhaps your little girl or boy always dances down the street instead of walks. Or your boy just can’t sit still and has discovered he can spin on … [Continue reading]
Kids birthday parties can sometimes end with belly aches, nausea and sugar lows that are not much fun for anyone involved. Try to avoid sending home the neighborhood children with … [Continue reading]
Healthy self-esteem is like a child's armor against the challenges of the world. Kids who know their strengths and weaknesses and feel good about themselves seem to have an easier time handling conflicts and resisting negative pressures. They tend to … [Continue reading]
The hacking of mass accounts on a social network is something that seems to be happening a great deal recently, with LinkedIn being the latest victim, after having 6.5m of its users passwords stolen. Prior to LinkedIn, Twitter suffered a similar … [Continue reading]
Dads Online Podcast
How to cope emotionally when your children want nothing to do with you.
Rejection is usually a difficult emotion to deal with for anyone. When it comes from your children, the pain can be unbearable. Depending on the circumstances in the family, such rejection can be all consuming for a father. Keep a perspective can … [Continue reading]