Parent, Interrupted

Earlier this week, I was reading Blogging Dangerously’s Busted post.  In it, Kit recounts speaking with a guy who told his version of “cheating on his wife.”  He would go into a hotel room and emerge, 8 hours later, with rumpled clothing.  The twist was that nobody would accompany him.  He would have “cheated” by getting 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep. That got me to thinking.  So Read More...

Ill Informed

I, SeattleDad, will admit it.  I once was a junkie. A news junkie that is.  I just couldn’t get enough of the stuff. When I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s on our small dairy farm the local news was almost always on. At 6:00 AM, 5:00 PM and again at 11:00 PM I would learn which storms were on their way, who was robbed,  injured, or killed in the big city – and most importantly how our Read More...

Taking a moment to smell the roses

One thing that you come to realize as a parent is that you’re always pressed for time. No matter the age of your child, there just isnt enough time in the day to do it all. While I was standing there changing my son’s dirty diaper last night (which was terrible smelling!) I thought when was the last me time?! I love my wife and I try to be a good husband by offering her as much alone time as possib Read More...

“Pop Female Empowerment?” Not My Daughter!

It’s a glossy world, filled with self discovery and female badassery where men are captive, drooling oafs pining to be entertained. Entertained by that one special woman who aspires to be great, discovers her voice and comes to have her eager audience eating from the palm of her hand all while finding the love of her life. Yeah. Right! I’m talking about Burlesque, the new movie starring Cher and Christi Read More...

Teaching Giving

As a man and father you have a responsibility to your children. Well alright you have many responsibilities but one that can easily be overlooked is the responsibility of giving back and teaching your kids to do the same. There are many ways both large and small to give back but I believe that it’s important to find a cause that is important to you and get involved. I believe in giving 10% to charity or tithi Read More...

Set Up Rituals With Your Kids

Kids are creatures of habit, they expect things to be the same as they have been in the past. For me, this was specifically important as we moved in the past year. Both of our girls were at an age where they knew the rituals that we had been doing at our old house. Thus J-Mom and I knew that we would have to find a routine very soon in the new home to make our lives much happier all around. Rituals can surround an Read More...

Thanksgiving Tidings from DadRevolution

I asked the dads here to say a little about what Thanksgiving means to them and what they are thankful for. Here is what a few of them have to say: SeattleDad – Thanksgiving, to me, like most everyone is about family, food, relaxation, and taking stock of what is important in your life.  Four years ago, my wife and were struggling with the concept that we were not going to have kids of our own, and had d Read More...

Don’t be shy. Just spit it out!

I have said my piece on why I like Thanksgiving over at New York Dad’s Blog a few days ago.  Today I wanted to talk more about the actual ritual that accompanies the holiday. My and my wife’s family both live in Italy and so were are “alone” here in New York. Each Thanksgiving, though, we are invited by my best friend’s family to their house so that we are “in the family.” The hospitality is always w Read More...

Who’s afraid of a Squishy Diaper?

I took my 2 year old daughter to play school a few weeks ago. In many ways it was a blast from the past as I had taken my now “big boy” 4 year old son to the very same location when he was two. The owner/operators were still the familiar friendly duo of ladies singing tunes, creating crafts, doling out snacks, and finishing up with story time. Even the parents in attendance gave me a striking feeling Read More...

A Warning About Super Powered Kids

A few days ago, Derek Markham from The Good Men Project wrote about Seven Essential Superpowers that dads should possess.  That got me to thinking.  It isn’t just dads (and moms) that possess super powers, but kids too.  I’ve compiled a list of 4 child superpowers.  Now these are just the ones that immediately came to mind.  I’m sure there are more so feel free list additional ones in Read More...

Be Smart With Your Praise

Wow, you're doing great! ***************************************************************** I left a comment on a post by a fellow dad blogger the other day in which I mentioned that Mrs. LIAYF and I try to avoid praising our 3yo son for being smart.  I can’t find the comment now, so I am not sure what I specifically said, but he responded to me on twitter to ask what the logic was behind our position. At th Read More...

I Am Your Father. And Don’t You Forget It.

Being a parent is tough stuff… and some how our parents wont ever let us forget how awful we were as kids, so I’m sure I wont let my child forget when he gets older. I’m a dad to a wonderful son named Marc, he’s just a few months over two years old and boy has shit hit the fan. The terrible twos started at 20 months old for him, when he really started to say No. No. No. No. Even to the simple questions do Read More...

Holding Hands

The other night I was working in the office and all of the sudden I noticed this cute little blond almost four year old girl standing next to me. She had gotten up from bed and decided to wander down stairs. She was tired and needed to get back to sleep. I usually carry her or tell her to go back to her bed but this night I just held her hand and walked her back to her bedroom. It hit me that I don’t hold he Read More...

Teaching Perseverance

Having your children know how to stick to the things that they start is one of the most important things that you can teach as a parent. The skills that you teach them regarding this will be ones that will continue to show up as your children get older and older. Hopefully, once your child reaches adulthood they are ready to be able to take the world on with full force and understand what they must do to be able to Read More...

We Remember, and We Thank You

As you all know, today is Veteran’s Day. Today we honor those who have bravely fought to defend our freedoms. Throughout history dads, moms, sons, daughters, friends, and neighbors have fought, and some have died, to defend the freedoms that we have today. They are soldiers and they are heroes. They are people who have showed bravery in the face of extreme danger and solidarity with the brothers and sisters Read More...

We are a one car, three bike, one trailer family

Towards the end of the summer our family moved out of the shared three story, five bedroom house we were living in with another family and into a much smaller place closer to our four year old’s new pre-school. No longer living with friends meant that the free childcare we had enjoyed was gone, as well as the use of the extra cars. Since we are a one car family we had to figure out how best to get the boys t Read More...

The greatest casualty is being forgotten.

Today is my birthday. I don’t want you to sing Happy Birthday. I want to ask you to do me a favor and learn about the Wounded Warrior Project. I know this makes it two cause related posts in a row for me here at Dad Revolution, but this Thursday is Veteran’s Day. I don’t care if you are pacifist, an orthodox, a hippie, a libertarian, an aetheist, a hawk, an anarchist or a card carrying NRA member. This is not Read More...

A NEW PHENOMENON, THE STAY AT HOME DAD

“Stay at home dad” used to be an embarrassing phrase.  But, as more and more families cope with the rising cost of daycare and the high unemployment rate, more families are opting to leave egos aside and let the higher earner of the home stay at work while the other spouse brings in the money to support the family.  These days the high earner could just as easily be the mom, leaving the dad to take care of th Read More...

Is My Bullying Past, My Son’s Bullying Future?

Bullying is a topic that has been on the news a lot recently due to recent suicides and school violence incidents.  It also happens to be a subject that I feel a personal connection to.  I’ve made quite a few posts on my blog about my bullied history.  From elementary school all through high school, I was the target of one bully or another.  In high school, I even had the “honor” of being Read More...

THEY Were Right

I suspect like many readers, or wives of readers have done, just before she became Mrs. LIAYF, my lovely soon-to-be bride pulled me aside to have a talk with me. Yes, it was that talk. “One last time honey” She began. “You are certain that you want to have kids? Because if you don’t, now is the time to let me know.” “Yes, of course I do.” I replied in a resolute manner, und Read More...