We just had our second kid 3 months ago and honestly I've been pretty checked out. Not sleeping great even when the baby sleeps, zero interest in stuff I used to love, just going through the motions at work. Wife brought it up gently and I was like "that's not a guy thing" but then I googled it and....
We're doing our first real backpacking trip with my boys (11 and 14) this summer in Yosemite. Everyone's excited but I'm secretly freaked out about logistics - how much weight is too much for them to carry, what food is easiest to cook on a camp stove, bear canisters, all of it. We've done day hikes...
Got offered a job in Austin, I'm currently in Denver. 50/50 custody with my two kids (8 and 11). Salary increase is huge - like 40% more - but it would mean uprooting the kids and her probably fighting me on custody. My lawyer says I'd need her permission or a court order. She already told me "abso...
We're visiting my in-laws for Thanksgiving (kids are 5, 8, 12). Looking for trails that won't destroy the little one but also won't bore the 12yo. Elevation shouldn't be brutal since we're sea-level people. Any hidden gems you guys know about?
Took like an hour. Half the words were mispronounced. Didn't correct him once. Watched him turn those pages so carefully and I swear my heart actually grew three sizes. He picked it because it had dragons on the cover. Perfect.
My wife brought up having a second baby and I nearly spit out my coffee. Our daughter is literally 3 months old. I still feel traumatized from the birth experience, we're not sleeping, I have no idea if I'm doing anything right with this one, and she wants to jump right back in? I love our kid more...
This might be a weird question but I'm noticing my wife is just... distant lately. Our son just turned 2 months old. She seems annoyed when I try to be intimate, which I get, but even just like emotionally she's checked out sometimes. She's amazing with the baby but with me it's like she's going thr...
Kid: Dad I'm cold Me: Nice to meet you cold, I'm dad Kid: That doesn't even make sense Me: Exactly He groaned so hard I thought something was wrong. Perfect execution if you ask me.
It happened. I don't know how. I just offered him a choice between his dinosaur blanket or his bear blanket and he picked the bear, walked himself to his room, and went to sleep. My wife thinks I made it up. I have 90 minutes of free time right now and I'm not even sure what to do with myself. 10/10...
Considering asking my doctor about something for the constant background worry. I'm not in crisis or anything but I'm tired of my brain defaulting to "what if something bad happens." Don't want to become dependent on pills but also don't want to white-knuckle through life forever. What's been your e...
This kid has been a screen zombie for like 2 years. Two weeks ago my wife grabbed the Percy Jackson series off the shelf and just left it on the couch. He grabbed it out of boredom and... he's DEVOURING them. We're on book 3. He reads at breakfast, after school, instead of Roblox. I keep waiting for...
My son made it through an entire soccer game today without complaining about being tired. Do you understand how huge this is? We're talking about a kid who says he's exhausted after walking to the mailbox. I'm putting this on his college application. Motivation: finally ran without whining.
My ex unilaterally decided our 12-year-old is switching schools next year—different district, more competitive academically. She didn't ask me. Our custody agreement says joint custody but apparently that only means logistics to her? I found out when our kid mentioned it. When I asked about it she s...
Been thinking about this a lot lately. I've got my family around me constantly but I feel really isolated? Like nobody really *knows* me outside of being a dad and a husband. My friends all seem to have their stuff together and I don't want to burden them with my stuff. I haven't had a real conversa...
We've tried like 5 different ones and I keep abandoning them because they either feel too invasive or they're annoying to manage. Currently using built-in Screen Time but it feels weak. What are dads actually using that balances monitoring without feeling dystopian? Open Parental Control suggestions...