I know everyone says "family camping is chaos" but we just got back from 4 days in Shenandoah and it genuinely went well. The kids (7, 9, 12) hiked without complaining, we cooked decent food, nobody got bitten by anything. My oldest even put his phone down. Ngl I'm already planning the next trip.
I always thought burnout would be this dramatic thing where you just can't get out of bed. For me it's been more like... nothing sounds fun anymore. My buddy asked if I wanted to go to the basketball game next month and I just felt tired thinking about it. Even stuff I usually enjoy with my kids fee...
Got a flyer for this art camp in our area - $400 for a week. Looks legit, teachers seem qualified, it's near home. My 8yo loves drawing. But is it actually better than just buying supplies and doing projects at home? Or am I overthinking this and should just sign her up so she does something other ...
Been posting here for like 2 years lurking mostly, but I finally opened up about my anxiety and got recommendations to try the Tuesday night group meet-up downtown. Combined that with actually committing to therapy every other week and man, the difference is noticeable. Just wanted to shout out that...
how is this possible. HE'S 6. My password is completely random. I have NO idea how he figured it out. Now I have to change everything and honestly I'm not even mad I'm just impressed and terrified.
Lost my best friend last year. He was struggling and nobody knew because we men don't talk about it. I'm making it my mission to raise my boys different. We talk about feelings in this house now. Not in a weak way but in a real way. Strong men acknowledge when something's wrong. We need to kill the ...
Been doing 7am-3pm instead of 9-5 for the past 3 months. I requested it because mornings with my kids before school was basically me yelling to hurry up while I'm also getting ready. Now I actually have coffee with them, drive them to school without road rage, and I'm DONE before school pickup traff...
**Tried a few out on the kids:** "Why did the cookie go to the doctor? Because it felt crumbly!" "What do you call a bear with no teeth? A gummy bear!" "I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down." The 7yo groaned. The 10yo rolled his eyes. The 13yo pretended I don't exis...
My therapist keeps asking me to identify my feelings and I'm like... I don't know man. I just know I'm tired all the time and I yelled at my 6yo for spilling juice yesterday and felt like the worst dad in the world for hours after. Anyone else feel like therapy is just homework that costs $150/week?...
Been trying the Headspace meditation app for about 2 weeks and there's actually a whole 'parenting' section I didn't know about until yesterday. Did the 10-min "Dealing with Parent Anger" session after I yelled about homework and honestly it helped me not escalate when my son talked back. Not a mira...
This is more of a rant but ngl the 15-second video thing is RUINING their attention spans. My 7yo will watch like 200 shorts in a row and I genuinely don't think his brain is processing any of it. It's just infinite dopamine hits. I blocked YouTube Shorts on his iPad and he literally looked at me li...
Took my 4-month-old in for a routine checkup. I mentioned we've been letting him sleep in the bassinet in our room (because honestly it's easier at night) and the pediatrician immediately started talking about SIDS and independence and sleep training. Lady, he's 4 months. We're not doing anything un...
I say this as someone who was VERY skeptical about the magnet program and the whole application process. But 4 months in? Teacher's actually engaged, they do real projects, and my 6yo actually WANTS to go to school instead of complaining every morning. The homework load is reasonable, the teacher ac...
In the best way possible. My 9 year old was playing with her friend and just naturally started talking about God and Jesus and her friend asked to pray. My wife told me about it and I just sat there crying. All those conversations we've had, all the times we've taken her to church and talked about f...
Posted here like 6 months ago asking if I was crazy for attempting a treehouse. Got mostly "that's unsafe" comments lol. But I've been working on it anyway - got platform mostly up, railings installed, rope ladder system that actually works. My kids (7, 10) have tested it like 50 times and haven't d...