My 12 year old has been asking for a gaming PC for months. All his friends have one and he says he feels left out at school. I'm worried about screen time and him getting into something too intense. He's been good about homework and his grades are solid. Is this a slippery slope or am I being too pa...
Feel like I'm constantly swimming upstream trying to raise my kids with Christian values when everything around us is pushing the opposite direction. School, friends, social media, TV, everything. I'm not trying to shield them completely because they need to function in the world, but I want them gr...
My 9yo just stared at me and said 'Dad that joke has no reaction.' I see what he did there. He's already better at this than I am.
My ex and I have been doing every other week for the past year and it's working okay logistically but man, the drop offs and pick ups are rough. The kids cry sometimes, I cry sometimes, it's just hard. We're civil with each other which helps but I feel like there's gotta be a better way to transitio...
After a rough two years of every other week, I was able to get more time. New schedule is 5 days with me, 2 days with their mom. It was hard to go through the process, had to document a lot of stuff, but the judge saw that the kids were thriving better with more stability from my side. Not trying to...
So I decided to tackle this crazy project where we built a treehouse in our backyard. Spent like 3 weekends researching load bearing, got some reclaimed wood from a demolition site, and basically followed a YouTube series religiously. My 8 year old was the foreman which meant he mostly complained ab...
My son is 2 weeks old and I haven't slept more than 2 hours straight in days. Wife is breastfeeding so I'm trying to help everywhere else but I'm running on fumes. When does this get better? Everyone says 'sleep when the baby sleeps' but that's impossible. I'm at work tired, home tired, and now I'm ...
My team is down 10 with 2 minutes left. I should be watching the kids but instead I'm pacing the living room yelling at the TV. Wife gave me that look. Worth it if we pull this off though.
I let my 4 year old watch YouTube Kids for maybe 20 minutes while I cook dinner. Most of it is fine but randomly it recommends some pretty strange content. Anyone else notice this? I stay in the room with him mostly but it's annoying having to skip stuff. Thinking about just going back to Netflix wh...
The custody agreement just got finalized and I'm getting my 4 year old daughter for the first overnight next weekend. Honestly I'm freaking out a little. I've got her room set up, bought some stuffed animals, have snacks she likes. My ex is probably going to grill me about everything when I drop her...
Our 3 year old finally slept through the whole night without his pacifier. We've been trying to transition him for like 3 months and honestly thought it would never happen. Woke up and he was so proud of himself, asked if he was a "big kid now." Small victory but I'll take it.
After some rough months I finally called a therapist. First session was yesterday and I felt weird talking about this stuff but also lighter somehow? Like my brain needed to just dump it somewhere. Anyway just wanted to tell someone. If any of you guys have been thinking about it but nervous, I get ...
Guys I need advice. My son comes home from school and immediately asks for Roblox. I set a 1 hour limit but he literally has a meltdown when time is up. I feel like the worst dad ever but I also need him off the screen so we can do homework and dinner. How do you guys handle this? I've heard of othe...
Every Sunday my buddies come over and we watch the games. Wife takes the kids to her parents place so I actually get the living room and can yell at the TV without anyone complaining. Been doing this for like 8 years. It's the one thing I look forward to every week. We eat junk food, talk trash, and...
My father taught me these things matter and I still believe they do. Been working with some younger guys at the office and they won't look you in the eye during conversations. Soft handshakes. No respect for hierarchy. Am I being old fashioned thinking this stuff still matters or is this something w...