Dads Resolve to Improve Selves, Family Life and More in 2018

We asked our City Dads from around the country for their New Year’s resolutions for 2018. Here’s a sampling:

Increase my positivity, be more patient, communicate more freely. — Ryan Darcy, Hartford Dads Group

I resolve to find more ideas for family dinners. We are all tired of our go-to recipes. — Matt Schneider, City Dads Group co-founder

Get in better shape again, and go rock climbing at least once a week. — Michael Malkoff, Providence Dads Group

I resolve to keep pushing my kids as much as I can to strive for more but also celebrate the small wins with them. I am horrible at that. — James Lopez, NYC Dads Group

Get my child counting to 10, starting the ABCs, and playing soccer. — Michael Jenks, Anchorage Dad Group

Self improvement, mind, body, and spirit. — Colin Gorman, Vegas Dads Group

Spend more time spinning on my bike; have a blog that is creative and thought provoking; and have a more diverse menu for meals. I have been stuck in the same wave of 10 meals for about a year and it is so boring to me and I am sure to my family. — Brock Lusch, Cincinnati Dads Group

I resolve to read 12 books; hand-write a letter to at least one person each month; meditate; practice patience. –– Matt Norman, Austin Dads Group

I resolve to be there for my daughter more and when I say “be there” I mean be truly present. I feel like I’ve missed too much of age 5. I will not miss any of age 6. — Lorne Jaffe, NYC Dads Group

In a word, patience. I plan to try to exhibit more patience with my sons. — Kevin “Spike” Zelenka, Vegas Dads Group

I’m working on loving my wife well, the way she needs to be loved. — Darrell Humphrey, Charlotte Dads Group

I polished up two children’s books I have written and my goal is to have them published. I’m also writing a book and I hope to finish it by the middle of next year. — Jason Greene, NYC Dads Group

I resolve to try not to lose ANYTHING. (I hate when I lose something.) Oh, and try not to get so annoyed if/when I (or my two kids) lose something. — Vincent O’Keefe, City Dads Group columnist

Two things: Register for TSA Precheck to enable our family to get through the airport a bit faster and that means everything as a parent traveling with little ones; and make sure I’m giving enough time, attention and love to my 9-year-old son as I’m juggling the 2-year-old. — Lance Somerfeld, City Dads Group co-founder