3 Ways to Validate Your Child’s Feelings
My daughter was frustrated at messing up the chords I was teaching her. She threw her guitar to the floor. “I can’t do it!” she…
Category: Fatherhood
Win Against the Odds
The underdog mentality is a powerful tool when combined with skill and a spirit determined to lead against tough odds. The greatest moments in sports…
5 Common Discipline Strategies Every Dad Should Avoid
Most parents have a basic understanding that disciplining a child is necessary in order for him or her to develop properly. However, parenting can often…
3 Common Dad Fails That Are Easy to Avoid
When my middle daughter was in kindergarten, my wife was pregnant, sick, and on bedrest when school picture day came. I was overwhelmed during this…
5 Things A Dad Should Never Apologize For
There had been a meltdown in communication. A disagreement about one small detail of our day had snowballed into an uncommon explosion of built-up emotions.…
10 Ways to Be a Man of Integrity
In the 1925 U.S. Open, famed golfer Bobby Jones pulled a one iron out of his bag and addressed the ball. As he set up…
5 Ways to Overcome Emotionally Distant Father-Daughter Relationships
Bernie stood in the lobby of a New York high rise as scores of people passed by. He was waiting nervously for his daughter, Deanne,…
7 Things Your Kids Will Never Forget About You
It’s funny the things kids never forget about parents, the random memories that have a permanent spot in our minds. One of those for me…
3 Damaging Ways Dads Justify Themselves
“We lie best when we lie to ourselves,” wrote Stephen King. It’s scary to think about what we lie to ourselves about as dads. On…
A Critical Question for Every Man and Every Father
At the age of 19, during my freshman year at college, I decided I wanted to become a pilot. So I went for it. When…