I work 50 hours a week minimum, my wife works 30. We split kid duties as fairly as we can but math doesn't math when one person is working more. Missed my daughter's school play because of a client emergency. She cried. I felt like garbage. That night I'm laying in bed wondering if I'm screwing up ...
Honestly fishing has become my escape. I take my oldest out on the water early Saturday morning before the family wakes up. We don't always catch anything but that's not really the point. He's 9 now and we talk about actual stuff out there. No phones, no distractions. He told me about a kid at scho...
When they let us go permanent remote post-covid I was skeptical. But dude, being home means I actually see my kids in the morning. I do drop offs, I'm here when they get home, we do dinner as a family almost every night now. My boss doesn't care when I work as long as the work gets done. So I'll ta...
Had a moment yesterday where my oldest found cash in the parking lot. Before I could say anything he asked if we should turn it in. I was so proud I almost cried. We went back inside and found the manager. On the drive home I told him how important it is to do the right thing even when it's harder a...
I know it's probably just gas or whatever but my 6 week old looked right at me and smiled. Biggest smile of my life right there. After weeks of feeding, changing, not sleeping, feeling like I don't know what I'm doing, that one smile made it all worth it. First real moment where it felt like he reco...
Kids want to help cook dinner and I figured pizza is perfect for that. Gonna let them make their own individual pizzas with whatever toppings they want. Probably going to be a mess but that's kind of the point right? Anyone have a go-to dough recipe that's actually easy or should I just use store bo...
Started using OurFamilyWizard after reading about it here and honestly it's been a game changer. No more arguments about "you never told me about the school event" because everything is documented. My ex and I still don't get along great but we can keep things professional through the app. Plus I ca...
My son used to be fine with limited screen time but then somehow found YouTube kids and now he just wants to watch people playing video games for hours. I set up the parental controls but he's figured out how to get around them somehow? He's not even playing the games himself just watching other peo...
This might sound weird but bear with me. My 11 year old got really into Minecraft and I was worried it was unhealthy until I realized he wanted to show me his builds. So I started playing with him on the same server. Now we spend like 45 mins a few times a week building stuff together. It's actually...
Started seeing a therapist 2 months ago for anxiety and general feeling of being overwhelmed. I was skeptical because I'm not really a talk about my feelings guy but honestly it's been good. My therapist helped me see that a lot of my stress is from trying to control things I can't control. It's not...
Doctor asked my 4 year old if his tummy hurt. He said yes. I said 'Well that's concerning, looks like you've got a serious case of the TOY STORE BLUES.' Wife gave me that look. Doctor didn't laugh. 10/10 would embarrass my family again.
Real talk, between work meetings and trying to get dinner made, my son ends up with the iPad for like 2-3 hours some days. He watches YouTube Kids and some educational apps. My parents say I'm ruining him but he seems fine, talks well, plays with toys too. Am I actually messing him up or is this nor...
Dude. Just experienced my first explosion diaper and I was NOT prepared. It went up the back and somehow into the outfit we picked out for grandma's visit. I literally just threw the whole diaper and outfit in the trash and grabbed whatever was clean. Is this normal or did I do something wrong with ...
My 12 year old had his first real job interview yesterday and I made sure we practiced beforehand. Firm grip, look them in the eye, smile, repeat their name back to them. These little things matter and they say so much about a man's character before he even speaks. He got the job too. Proud doesn't ...
Got a call from the teacher saying my 7 year old stood up to some kids who were being mean to his little sister's kindergarten class on the playground. Didn't get physical or anything, just told them to stop being jerks and then walked away. The teacher said it was really respectful how he handled i...