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Dad Podcasts that All Parents Should Give a Listen to

February 15, 2021 by Kevin McKeever Leave a Comment

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Our much-acclaimed Modern Dads Podcast returns Feb. 25 with a new season of episodes covering issues today’s fathers face navigating work, parenthood, relationships and play. If you have a thirst for dad podcasts right this minute, here are a few we think you should check out: The Art of Fatherhood Art Eddy knows dad podcasts. He's produced or hosted them for the Life of Dad social network for years, including the Art of Conversation that focuses on writers who are fathers. His baby these days is the Art of Fatherhood. Here interviews dads from the worlds of entertainment, music and sports … [Read more...]

Filed Under: media, parenting advice Tagged With: Charlotte Dads Group, Cincinnati Dads Group, Modern Dad Podcast, podcasts

Help Daughters Develop Strong Voices, Become Confident Women

February 10, 2021 by Vincent O'Keefe 2 Comments

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Do you ever fear your home is too much of a haven from the “real world”? As a former stay-at-home dad of two daughters now approaching young adulthood, I sometimes wonder if our family bubble of gender equity has prepared them adequately for the larger culture’s reduced-but-still-entrenched sexism. Fortunately, What Girls Need, a new book by Marisa Porges, offers tips about how parents can serve as a bridge for their children between home and the larger world. While her tips are focused on raising daughters, many apply to raising sons as well. Her foundational advice is to help each girl … [Read more...]

Filed Under: gender / sexuality, parenting advice, relationships Tagged With: books, daughters, feminism, gender roles, stay-at-home parents, tips

‘Family Man’ Offers Interactive, Online Parenting Strategies for Fathers

February 8, 2021 by Kevin McKeever Leave a Comment

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Family Man, a new interactive online parenting strategies course, aims to help parents -- especially fathers -- receive the advice and instruction they are often reluctant to seek in real life. The program has been designed by leading global child behavior experts with assistance from The Movember Foundation, the international organization known for rallying guys to grow mustaches every November to raise awareness about men’s health issues. Family Man offers animated “choose-your-own-adventure” style episodes coaching dads through difficult parenting situations such as a battle at the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: parenting advice Tagged With: movember, tips

Studying Tips to Get Your Children Their Best Grades Yet

February 3, 2021 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

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Does getting your kid to study feel like pulling teeth? Do you bite your tongue to stop yourself from admitting they’re right when they scream “It’s boring” and “I don’t want to do it!” Studying is simply no fun. But if they want to pass their tests and earn better grades you know they’re capable of, they have to do it. If you have a child who has all the potential in the world but struggles with test taking, it probably has nothing to do with their intelligence. It might be that they never learned the right strategies for studying effectively. So here are six of the best studying tips for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: education Tagged With: Andy Earle, homework, study, tips

HomeDadCon 2021 Set to Bring At-Home Fathers Together Oct. 14-16

February 1, 2021 by Kevin McKeever Leave a Comment

HomeDadCon 2021 Oct 14-16 Cincinnati fatherhood convention

Organizers of an annual conference for at-home fathers will again try to host an in-person event in 2021. The National At-Home Dad Network recently put tickets on sale for HomeDadCon 2021, scheduled for Oct 14-16 in Cincinnati, the same locale where the previous year's conference was set to take place. Health and safety concerns from the COVID-19 pandemic caused the nonprofit organization to scrub the autumn 2020 in-person event for an online only version dubbed DadCon@Home 2020. The 2020 event would have been the support-and-advocacy network's 25th annual in-person gathering. Instead, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: at-home parenting, events Tagged With: HomeDadCon, National At-Home Dad Network, Parenting conference

Point of View Turns Family’s Bad Luck into Nothing But Good

January 27, 2021 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

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I thought 2020 had run out of curveballs to toss by the holiday season. So around Thanksgiving our family decided to tackle a home renovation project: updating our basement. While the bad lighting, 1970s carpet and tombstone gray wall panels had served us fine for our first three years in this house, we needed a change. A contractor friend helped us with the plans and, by mid-December, the renovations were going pretty well. One evening after the workers had left, I started making one of my favorite dinners for the family: smash burgers! Cooking them tends create a smoky house so, as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: parenting advice Tagged With: failure, tips, Vernon Gibbs II

College Roommates Bad? Trying Living with My Children

January 25, 2021 by Pete Gilbert Leave a Comment

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The more I’m around my kids, the more I feel like I’m back in college. My children remind me an awful lot about what it was like to live with my old (and not so great) roommates. Dishes. My kids leave their dishes wherever they took their last bite of food. Whether it be the couch, the floor in front of the television or the kitchen table, it’s easy to figure out where my child or former college roommates ate their last meal. And why is there a plate in the bathroom? Gross. Cups. How many cups do my kids need at bedtime? If you use my daughter’s room as an example, the answer is nine. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: at-home parenting Tagged With: humor, stay-at-home parents

Life Enhancement Should Be Everyone’s Priority During Our Precious Time

January 20, 2021 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

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The year 2020 has thrown a lot on our plates. COVID-19. Social and political unrest. Economic uncertainty. Some of us are also dealing with health issues or the loss of loved ones, which may or may not be related to those issues. Through it all, we must constantly remember: It's not necessarily what happens to us, it's how we respond to it. Think hard about what's going on, and you'll find many scenarios literally out of our control. But what's always in our control is how we approach life. So ask yourself this: Am I about life enhancement or am I just waiting for the next shoe to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: parenting advice Tagged With: time management, tips

Family Habits: How to Change Bad Ones and Reinforce Good Ones

January 13, 2021 by Vincent O'Keefe Leave a Comment

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Did your family make a New Year’s resolution this month? Probably not, since we tend to think of resolutions as individual endeavors. But that may be the reason so many resolutions fail, as Charles Duhigg explains in his bestselling The Power of Habit. To change a bad family habit or reinforce a good one, we first need to know how habits operate. Duhigg writes “habits emerge because the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort ... without habit loops, our brains would shut down, overwhelmed by the minutiae of daily life.” In fact, nearly half the actions we perform each day … [Read more...]

Filed Under: parenting advice Tagged With: books, cell phones, habits, raising teens, technology, tips

COVID Sleep Issues Not Always Bad Says This Newborn Early Bird

January 11, 2021 by Peter Duffy Leave a Comment

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When COVID-19 hit in March, I had to assume caring for Mr. Pre-School and teaching Ms. First Grade. About two days in I thought to myself, “OK, I think I got the hang of this. Put in a solid day’s work. Maybe start dinner soon. But lemme just rest my weary bones, after all it’s … 1:24 p.m.!?!?!!" I realized at that moment that I faced the very real possibility that if the virus didn’t kill me, being the sole parental/educational figure in each of their lives would. To get through the day I had to find the fuel, and my personal options are limited. Coffee is a mirage for me – too many … [Read more...]

Filed Under: health Tagged With: COVID19, sleep

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