Navigating the Roller Coaster of Splitville with a Smile
Divorce is a roller coaster ride that nobody really wants a ticket for, but life happens, and here you are, a dad on the wild…
Navigating Divorce: A Guide to Successful Mediation for Fathers
Divorce can be a challenging and emotionally charged process for anyone involved, especially fathers. Mediation offers an alternative to the adversarial nature of traditional divorce…
5 Ways People Justify Lying
Last spring, I read a book called Killers of the Flower Moon. Maybe you’ve seen the movie. It’s a true story that happened in the 1920s.…
5 Negative Things You Want Your Kids to Say
Would you buy a parenting book promising to help you raise unhappy kids? Of course not! As a parent, you certainly want your kids to…
3 Things You Need to Think About as Your Kids Get Older
On a normal Monday morning, I sat across from a 17-year-old young man for coffee. He was a senior in high school, about to go…
3 Ways to Negotiate With Children From a Master FBI Negotiator
Everything is a negotiation, especially with kids. Comedian Jim Gaffigan jokes that his youngest daughter acts as the ring leader for his other four kids…
5 Places Kids Need Their Dad to Be
“Hi, Elena!” a girl said to my daughter. “Who’s that?” I asked. “That’s my friend Julie.” I had never met Julie nor had I even…
4 Ways Fatherhood Makes Better Men and a Better Society
I picked up the phone one day and on the other line was a friend from college who had never married or had any kids.…
5 Things You Need to Let Kids See
We were all tired, so our family grabbed fast food and decided to watch TV while we ate. The one show we can all agree…
5 Perspectives to Make You a Better Dad
“Daddy, why are my eggs like that?” my son asked one morning at breakfast. As he began to get worked up over nothing, his volume…