Staying home all day, every day, with the kids is new for many fathers during the COVID-19 crisis. To help them navigate the new realities of fatherhood in a pandemic, City Dads Group is working with longtime partner Dove Men+Care to create a series of "how to" videos for the grooming products company's new "Dads Care" campaign. The short videos started appearing the week of April 26 at DadsCare.com, a section of DM+C's YouTube channel. Created by fathers for fathers, the Dads Care video cover topics relevant to the times under general catagories such as hygiene, helping kids and helping … [Read more...]
How to Help You, Your Children Deal with Life’s Many Mistakes, Failures
Mistakes failures suck. No. We meant mistakes "or" failures suck. Or should it be "and"? Oops. No one is perfect, they say, even though you try valiantly to be the perfect parent. And neither is your child, no matter what you post of your social media channels. So we have some mistaken failure advice, er, mistake and failure advice for you. In the latest of our “City Dads Sessions” video series, our intrepid Los Angeles Dads Group co-organizer Trevor Mulligan asks several fathers for their best parenting tips on dealing with life's many wrong turns. Here is what they had to … [Read more...]
Remain Calm and Find Your Chill, Parents. Here is How to Do It
It's a scary world out there, parents, especially if you take everything -- EVERYTHING -- you see and hear in the news or on the Internet to heart. Sometimes you just have to step back as a parent and say "whoa." But how? In the latest of our “City Dads Sessions” video series, our intrepid Los Angeles Dads Group co-organizer Trevor Mulligan asks several fathers for their best parenting tips, and as a result we got these great tips on how to "find your chill" when all seems to be going to hell in a handbasket. Here is what they had to say: Thanks to these dads who take time for … [Read more...]
Take Time for Yourself Even When Parenting is a Full-Time Job
Being an active and involved parent is a full-time job even if you having a paying career outside of the home. However, that doesn't mean you should avoid having any "me" time or completely lose your own identity and individuality to parenting. Time for yourself is not being selfish; it's self-care. In the latest of our "City Dads Sessions" video series, our Los Angeles Dads Group co-organizer Trevor Mulligan asks several fathers who are full-time at-home dads for their tips and suggestions on how to not to get totally lost as an individual when raising children. Here is what they had to … [Read more...]
Follow Dads’ Advice to Improve Communication with Your Kids
Communication -- it's the key to success in any relationship. But sometimes communication is hardest with the people you know best, such as your children. Los Angeles Dads Group co-organizer Trevor Mulligan interviewed several fathers at HomeDadCon 2017, the annual at-home dads convention held in Portland, Ore., this past September, and asked them for their advice on how to improve the dialogue between parent and child. Here is what they had to say: (Photo: Foter.com) … [Read more...]