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11 Ironclad Simple Ways To Improve Concentration That’s Lagging
We’ve all experienced brain fog from time to time, but when we’re sleep deprived new parents, that fog becomes a significant hazard. There are simple ways to improve concentration without putting in too much extra effort.
13 Sneaky Ideas for How to Handle A Difficult Toddler for Pure Bliss
The Truth About News Break From My One Week Experiment
5 Simple Ways to Overcome Fear of Personal Failure
The Best 7 TED Talks on YouTube for New Dads
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13 Sneaky Ideas for How to Handle A Difficult Toddler for Pure Bliss
Raising a well adjusted little human being is tough work. Doing so while keeping your sanity is even harder. We’ve put together some of science’s most effective strategies to keep your wits about you.
The Truth About News Break From My One Week Experiment
The results are in from the first week of my experiment with NewsBreak.com and the side hustle potential is promising!
5 Simple Ways to Overcome Fear of Personal Failure
Fear of failure holds is the most common phobia holding us back from success. Learn to keep that fear in check with these daily strategies.
The Best 7 TED Talks on YouTube for New Dads
TED talks are an untapped resource for young dads. They are short, concise, and to the point. Young dads need discreet help from every direction, and these TED talks should be in everyone’s back pocket.
7 Reasons Why You Need to Be a Side Hustle Dad
The idea of spending non-work time on work projects seems like a bad idea, but being a side hustle dad is actually one of the best ways to buy yourself some freedom.
Want to Keep Your Sanity Working At Home? Do this.
Keeping a home office so you can properly work at home is key to keeping your sanity. Here’s how to do it.
Simple Dad Friendly Play Dates for Every Type of Guy
Play dates are designed for the kids to have fun, but that doesn’t mean there can’t be dad friendly play dates that everyone can enjoy. Take a look at some of our favorite dad friendly play dates to spark your creativity.
What We Need for Raising Resilient Children
Every parent wants to make sure they are raising resilient children. After all, you won’t always be around. Here are 5 techniques to make sure your kids will leave the nest prepared for the world.
5 Simple Ways Dealing With Failure Will Make You a Better Parent
Learning how to deal with failure is an important skill for both kids and parents to learn. How we bounce back says a lot about ultimately how successful we will be. Here are 5 tips to move you in a successful direction.
5 Soothing Ways For Talking to Your Kids About COVID-19
COVID-19 is an understandably scary topic to broach with your kids. Hopefully these tips will make it a bit easier.
5 Reasons Why You Need to Have a Strong Stay at Home Dad Resume
Did you know that the percentage of fathers who stay at home with the kids has been steadily rising since 2007? Yep. It’s true. With
Beat Stress and Parenting with These 10 Easy Tips
10 of our favorite coping mechanisms for dealing with the stress and anxiety that goes along with being a dad. You know… before you completely lose it…
How to Get Your Kids Off to Sleep So You Don’t Have to Find Out How Much Sleep Dads Need
How much sleep Dads need is a factor of the baby’s sleep coefficient, divided by the mass of the sun multiplied by zero? Once you have a baby, you’re going to find out. I don’t think anything was as difficult when parenting a new baby as the sleep deprivation. Babies don’t work 9 to 5 jobs. They don’t really do clocks. When they’re hungry, they wake up. A hangry baby
7 Ways Child Rearing Might Trip You Up
When my first son was born I couldn’t even define “child rearing.” My wife had spent months reading “What to Expect When You’re Expecting.” I, on the other hand, had spent months in basic denial that this kid was going to change my life much at all. I really didn’t know what to expect about child rearing when my son was born. In my head, he was going to slot
Kitchen Test: Easily Made Baby Food
One of the smartest things my wife and I did when our oldest son was big enough to start down the baby food path was to make baby food ourselves. There are a host (like a literal army) of reasons for this. Helping Mom was certainly near the top of this list. The thing we liked best was the ability to control what foods our son ate. In this age
5 More Ways Dads Can Help New Moms
Recently we looked at how new dads can step up in one of their most important jobs… helping new moms. It’s something that we’re going to look at quite often because it is so important. So here are 5 more ways Dads can help new Moms. 1. Be the One to Document This Experience Between the late nights, midnight feedings, early mornings, and just the rapidity at which these little
10 Parenting Affirmations for New Dads
Let’s talk about 10 parenting affirmations for Dads
A Professional Makeshift Home Office Demands the Best Chromebook Accessories
Chromebooks are the heroes we need right now. But they can’t stand alone in the race for an efficient makeshift home office. With the pandemic as an accelerant, the remote work (along with the remote learning and the remote social visit) revolution is upon us. The issue is the uncertainty and pace. We, the royal we, weren’t ready for this. We have been thrust into cobbling together a makeshift home
9 Surprisingly Good Dad Habits to Start Right Now
Have you ever been sitting in the cubicle staring out the window dreaming of that trip you want to take? Of course you haven’t. Cubicles don’t have windows. But maybe you’ve put Bora Bora as your desktop image. Cool. It’s all well and good to have dreams. The harder thing is to make those dreams happen. Having any goal really come true is hard. Doubly so when parenting. I’m here
5 Ways to Parent with a Mental Health Condition
Have you ever been staring longingly into your new baby’s eyes in the middle of the night while Mom sleeping only to think “what the hell am I going to?” Maybe your heart starts to race and small beads of sweat appear on your forehead. Does this tiny creature know that I’m completely losing my mind? If you have, you and I are in the same boat. Being a new
How to Feed Your Kids On a Road Trip
Any good Dad knows that the key to a good road trip is putting miles under the tires. There’s so much that goes into it, like knowing when or if to feed your kids on a road trip. My wife and I just had to take our kids on an impromptu 1300 mile road trip. The older one is almost 5, and the younger one is just about 15 months.
How To Create an Emergency Fund While Parenting
It’s crazy out there in 2020. Smart Dads need to know how to start a family emergency fund.
5 Soothing Ways For Talking to Your Kids About COVID-19
COVID-19 is an understandably scary topic to broach with your kids. Hopefully these tips will make it a bit easier.
5 Simple Ways Dealing With Failure Will Make You a Better Parent
Learning how to deal with failure is an important skill for both kids and parents to learn. How we bounce back says a lot about ultimately how successful we will be. Here are 5 tips to move you in a successful direction.
What We Need for Raising Resilient Children
Every parent wants to make sure they are raising resilient children. After all, you won’t always be around. Here are 5 techniques to make sure your kids will leave the nest prepared for the world.
Simple Dad Friendly Play Dates for Every Type of Guy
Play dates are designed for the kids to have fun, but that doesn’t mean there can’t be dad friendly play dates that everyone can enjoy. Take a look at some of our favorite dad friendly play dates to spark your creativity.
Want to Keep Your Sanity Working At Home? Do this.
Keeping a home office so you can properly work at home is key to keeping your sanity. Here’s how to do it.
