Left my six figure job last year to be home with the kids while my wife focused on her career. Biggest identity shift of my life. I was my job for 15 years. My entire self image was wrapped up in my title and salary. Now I'm making zero dollars, wiping butts, and somehow I feel like I've accomplishe...

Been reading some old books about southern gentlemen and traditional family structures and it got me thinking. Modern culture tells us leadership means being tough and commanding. But the men I respect most are the ones who lead through example and character. Who listen to their families and make de...

Spent 15k on lawyers so far and we're still fighting over child support amounts. She wants more than the guidelines say and my lawyer says we have a case but we'd need another 5k to fight it properly. I can't do it. This is getting ridiculous. Do any of you have experience getting a modification aft...

Getting back into gaming after a 10 year break and want to build something decent for FPS games. Don't want to go crazy expensive but need something that can handle 1440p at 144fps. My 15 year old is actually helping me spec it out which is pretty cool. Any recommendations in the 1200-1500 range?

I get so stressed about stupid things that I snap at my kids for no reason. Then I feel like garbage because they didn't do anything wrong. My oldest asked me why I was yelling and I couldn't even explain it to him. I'm trying to be better about it, been doing some breathing exercises when I feel it...

Been doing some meditation in the mornings before everyone wakes up and it's honestly helping. Even just 10 minutes of quiet before the chaos starts has made me feel more patient with the kids. Haven't had as many of those dark spirals where I think I'm a terrible father. Still have rough days but t...

I was making really good money working 50+ hours a week, traveling constantly. My kids barely knew me. Decided to take a sales role with a local company, more reasonable hours, home by 6. Pay cut was real, had to downsize our house, sell the sports car. But now I'm coaching my son's baseball team, I...

Just wanted to share something that's been going well. Three weeks ago I started having each of my kids pray out loud before we drop them at school. Nothing fancy, just asking God to help them be kind and brave that day. My oldest (12) was embarrassed about it at first but now she's the one remindin...

We started letting our 7 year old use an iPad during covid for school and now he's asking for it constantly. He's started acting out when we take it away and I'm worried we've created a monster. Trying to pull back now but it's like a full scale tantrum every time we say no. Anyone else deal with th...

I finally took my 14 year old's phone away at dinner time and bedtime and it's been an actual war. He says I'm the worst parent ever, that it's not fair because his friends have theirs, that he needs it for homework (he doesn't). I know I'm doing the right thing based on everything I've read about s...

Made a terrible dad joke at dinner and somehow it spiraled into 10 minutes of the worst puns and jokes. The kids were laughing so hard they could barely eat. My wife was groaning but smiling. These moments are why we do this.

So I had this crazy idea to build a treehouse in our backyard. Spent all last Saturday with my son hauling lumber, measuring twice (ok fine, measuring like 6 times), and figuring out how to use a drill without losing a finger. The thing actually stands and doesn't look like it's gonna collapse. My w...

Took me 4 weekends but the deck is done. I'm talking about 200 square feet, built it myself with help from my neighbor who actually knows what he's doing. Most important things I learned: buy better tools than you think you need, measure more than once (I measured like 20 times), and don't try to do...

Trying to break out of the spaghetti and taco rut. We do those at least twice a week and the kids are getting tired of it. Looking for something that takes like 30 mins max, doesn't require a ton of ingredients, and my 7 year old won't complain about. Bonus if it's somewhat healthy. Open to any sugg...

Every Sunday from September to February turns into this whole thing. I wanna watch the games and she wants to do family stuff. We compromised that I get Sundays but then it's never just one game with my kids, they get bored and want me to do stuff halfway through the third quarter. This year I'm thi...