We're trying to figure out reasonable limits. My wife thinks I'm too strict but I see how my oldest acts when he's had too much gaming. He's moody and won't engage with the family. Feels like we're swimming upstream against the culture though because literally every other kid has unlimited access. W...
Tell my son bedtime is 8pm. At 8:15 he's SHOCKED we're actually going to bed. Like the time limit was just a suggestion. Then I remember I do the same thing when my wife says we have to leave in 10 minutes. Guess he learned from the best
Been in sales for 12 years, making six figures, but I'm burnt out and hate the travel. Thinking about going back to school for something more stable with better work-life balance - maybe data analytics or software development bootcamp. Kids are 7 and 9. Wife thinks I'm crazy to walk away from the in...
We did a simple backyard thing for our 6yo's birthday - no decorator, no expensive character, just some pizza, games, and a sheet cake from Trader Joe's. The kids had way more fun than at the Pinterest-perfect party we threw last year. Also spent like 1/10th the money. My kid was just happy his frie...
So I want to build a zip line between our two trees (about 40ft apart, good height differential). I've got the cable and the pulley system but I'm totally winging the engineering part. Has anyone successfully done this without having their kid careen into a fence? What weight limits are we actually ...
Looking for places that are good for a newborn/young baby that aren't the typical mommy-and-me class vibes. My son gets fussy being at home all day and I need to get out but I don't really vibe with the Instagram mom crowd, ya know? Any other Denver dads have spots that feel more chill? Parks, museu...
Every time my boys (9 and 11) come back from their mom's, the first 2 hours are chaos. Attitude problems, acting out, not listening. I think they're adjusting to different rules/expectations. Does anyone else deal with this? How long does it usually take them to settle in?
Seriously asking. Saturday morning I decided we'd make pancakes from scratch. My 7yo wanted to help. It took THREE HOURS. There was flour everywhere, she wanted to crack the eggs and somehow got shells in the batter, then she was mad the pancakes didn't look like the picture on the recipe. The actua...
Small win but it's HUGE for us. My boys are 15 and 13, and they were constantly "forgetting" which house they were supposed to be at (aka choosing whoever had better plans that day lol). Sent them both a link to the shared calendar my ex-wife and I use and set it to auto-sync. Now they get phone rem...
Our son is 3 days old and the hospital asked about circumcision. We're not religious and honestly I (uncircumcised) just never thought about it. Wife's unsure too. We keep saying we'll decide later but now there's talk that it's "easier" in the first weeks and gets riskier as he gets older, which fe...
Bottles, water, temperature, sterilization, timing, tracking intake, adjusting formula ratios, monitoring output, growth charts, percentiles, milestones... I just wanted to have a kid, not become a data analyst. Everything has an "optimal" way to do it and a "not ideal" way and I'm constantly googli...
My son has asked me 47 times today why the sky is blue. FORTY SEVEN. I gave him different answers each time because I'm losing it. One time I said it was because of sad clouds and he just nodded and moved on. Am I doing this right or am I creating a monster?
Started getting fit after my dad had a heart attack when I was 40. Got serious about the gym, cut out the fast food, the whole thing. Dropped 80 lbs over 18 months and felt amazing. But somewhere in that journey my wife and I stopped connecting. Turns out when you're making big changes to yourself y...
Been working on this for three months in between kids' soccer games and work. Got the pegboard up, LED lights installed, and a solid work surface. Now I actually have a place to fix things instead of doing it on the driveway like a caveman. Feels good to have a real space. Next is organizing all the...
Spent 3 weekends designing and building a treehouse in our backyard oak tree. Used some old plans I found online, my neighbor helped me get the frame right. The kids helped nail some boards and we made a rope ladder entrance. Cost me about 400 bucks in materials but watching their faces when we fini...