I found myself looking at this pair of shoes left in front of the sink in our bathroom last week, and I had an awful moment of enlightenment -- one of those moments when a dad is forced to realize his kids are growing up. Those shoes fit snugly on the feet of my 12-year-old son. As I stood there looking at them, I could almost see him standing there looking into the mirror. I could almost see him doing any number of the routine mundane tasks he does standing in that spot, that spot now marked by his very empty shoes. Before I knew it I was imagining him doing other tasks in front of that … [Read more...]
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Huggies, City Dads Help Fight Diaper Need in Chicago
DISCLOSURE: This post is sponsored by Huggies®. In City Dads Group’s latest community outreach venture, our Chicago chapter this month joined forces with Huggies and its “No Baby Unhugged” program to help create care packages of childhood necessities like clothing and school supplies. Members of our Chicago Dads Group went to work one afternoon at the Cradles to Crayons’ Giving Factory, sorting and packaging enough items to help 105 children, big and small. The biggest order of the day, of course, was diapers – courtesy of Huggies, which donated 250,000 Huggies diapers for babies in need … [Read more...]
Best Cars for Dads: Get ‘New Car Smart’ with Kelley Blue Book
Disclosure: This article is a sponsored post on behalf of Life of Dad and Kelley Blue Book. I have received compensation for this post; however, all opinions stated are my own. If you had to buy a new car today, how would you go about it? I had a crash course on how to do it right at the Kelley Blue Book headquarters in southern California recently. I learned how its editors review cars and, needless to say, they do it way better than I do. They aren’t like the guys on shows like Top Gear who push cars to the edge of their performance. Instead, they buckle down (and in) to learn how … [Read more...]