My wife's dad passed three weeks ago and now I'm the oldest male in the family. The funeral was tough but I made sure to be the rock everyone needed. My MIL is leaning on me now for decisions, my wife's siblings are looking to me for guidance. I never thought about what it meant to be the patriarch ...

My wife and I just separated about 3 weeks ago and we're trying to work out custody stuff without lawyers if we can because obviously that gets expensive fast. We have a 4 year old and a 7 year old. She wants Monday through Wednesday with her, I get Thursday through Sunday, and they go to her place ...

This might sound weird but I'm a dad of three boys and I'm constantly doing stuff with them or for them, and I still feel incredibly isolated. My friends all kinda drifted away after I had kids and now I don't really have anyone to talk to about adult stuff. My wife tries to listen but shes overwhel...

Have two kids, married, work around people all day but I feel so alone. Like nobody really knows me. I can't just vent about parenting stress to my coworkers without seeming weak. My wife is overwhelmed with her own stuff so I don't want to burden her. My guy friends don't have kids so they don't ge...

Been wrestling with this lately. I want my kids to respect me and follow biblical principles but I also want them to actually like hanging out with me and talk to me about stuff. My oldest is 12 and I notice he's pulling away but also testing boundaries way more. I'm trying to be firm on values but ...

So I started praying with my kids before bed about a month ago after feeling like I wasn't really living my faith in front of them, just talking about it. My 7yo asked me why we pray if God already knows what we need and honestly I didn't have a great answer ready. But we talked through it and I rea...

Between school, friends, social media, and just general culture, feels like everything is working against what we're trying to teach them about faith and values. My 11yo came home asking why Christians believe different things than his friends' families. Instead of getting defensive I tried to expla...

It's done. All the boxes from moving are organized, the bikes are hanging on the wall, and I can actually park a car in there now. Took 6 weekends, some Spotify, and way too much coffee but man does it feel good. Found old college stuff I forgot about which was a trip. If anyone else has been starin...

Pre-kids me was out every weekend, sleeping in till noon, hitting the bars with buddies. Now my idea of a good Saturday is farmers market, park, home made pizza with the family. My old friends think I'm boring but I genuinely don't miss that lifestyle. I have a purpose now that feels real. Don't get...

So my 8 year old caught me in a lie yesterday. I told my boss I was sick to get out of a meeting when really I just didn't want to go. My son asked me point blank if that was what Jesus would do. Man that hit hard. I apologized to him right there and told him the truth about what I did. Trying to fi...

Lost my job 6 months ago and have been the primary parent since then. The stress of being solely responsible for everything plus financial anxiety has me in a really dark place. Some mornings I don't want to get out of bed but the kids need breakfast so I do it. I feel like I'm just going through mo...

We're building a bookshelf together. He's 9 and actually decent at measuring and paying attention to details. Way more careful than I am actually. Last weekend we cut all the pieces, this weekend we're assembling. My workshop has never been so clean because he's making fun of how messy I usually kee...

Used to be the guy staying up until 2am playing CoD with the boys. Now I'm up at 5am because my 3 year old thinks that's breakfast time. Miss the uninterrupted gaming sessions honestly, but I don't miss feeling like a zombie at work. What's weird is I actually LIKE my mornings now. Make coffee, watc...

Made the jump last year. Left a six figure job to freelance and be more present for the kids. The money part is actually not as bad as I thought it would be, but holy crap I miss adult conversation and the structure. I miss eating lunch at an actual restaurant instead of whatever my kids didn't fini...

Because it wanted to get a little CRUMBLY! My 4 year old came up with this one and it's so bad it's actually good. Now he keeps making up similar ones and they're all terrible but he's so proud.