My marriage was rough. We weren't fighting but we weren't really connecting either. Started praying together before bed, nothing fancy, just honest prayers about our day and our family. Three months in and I can't explain it but something shifted. Our kids ask about our prayer time. My wife seems ha...

My 4-year-old pointed at the rotisserie chickens and asked 'why are those chickens in the oven?' I told him they're practicing for their audition on Hell's Kitchen. My wife did not appreciate my parenting in that moment but my son thought it was hilarious.

I said, 'Because your mom laughs at all my good ones.' He just stared at me and walked away. I think I'm winning at this parenting thing.

Lately I've been having these panic attacks where I'm convinced I'm ruining my kids just by being their dad. Like, I yelled at my son yesterday for spilling juice and now I'm in my head thinking I'm traumatizing him or something. My wife says I'm being ridiculous but I can't shake it. Anyone else de...

First time camping with both kids (7 and 4) without my wife. Honestly expected it to be a total disaster. We set up the tent together, caught some fish (even though we didn't eat them), made s'mores, and the kids actually fell asleep at a reasonable time. My 7yo said it was the best day ever. I'm st...

He was stressing about something at school and instead of just venting to his friends, he came to me. We sat in the garage for like an hour talking about it. Didn't try to fix everything, just listened mostly. He seemed better after. Feels like we're finally getting past the eye-roll phase. Grateful...

Was at my son's baseball game and overheard a couple of dads talking about bailing on their families. Divorcing, moving on to younger women, the whole thing. Made me sick. When you make a vow that's it. That's your word as a man. Doesn't matter if it gets hard or if someone cuter comes along. You ma...

My 9 year old will literally play Roblox for 8 hours straight if I let him. He's watching YouTube videos of other people playing Roblox when he's not playing it himself. Is this normal? Should I be worried? He says all his friends play it. I don't understand the appeal but apparently you can spend r...

I told my son I had the perfect chemistry joke for him but I knew it wouldn't get a reaction. He groaned so hard and said that was terrible dad. Victory.

Nothing, it just waved. My kids groaned so hard when I told them this one at dinner. Mission accomplished.

My daughter wants to join her friends on Discord for gaming. I've heard mixed things about it. Do I need special parental controls? Can I monitor what shes doing without being weird about it? She's generally responsible but this whole thing makes me nervous.

Anyone know of a dad mental health support group in the KC area? Preferably something that meets in person. I've been thinking about going for months and I'm finally ready but I don't even know where to start looking. Online stuff feels awkward to me. Would be cool to talk to other dads who actually...

This morning was chaos. Both kids fighting, late for school, I was already frustrated. But instead of yelling, I just took a breath and got down on their level. Talked about what was bothering them. Turns out they were both tired and anxious about stuff. Changed my whole approach and it actually wor...

My wife thinks I'm insane but I want to try taking the kids camping for the first time. We have family land in Mendocino with a spot we could set up. I'm not trying to do a backcountry thing - just a tent in one spot, probably one night to start. But I'm genuinely wondering if this is just going to ...

So I'm at the grocery store yesterday and I see this sign that says 'Caution: Wet Floor' and without even thinking I yell 'Thanks for the heads up!' My kid literally walked away from me. My wife is not making eye contact. I regret nothing.