I can't stop thinking about everything that could go wrong. School shootings, climate change, economy crashing, them not being able to afford college. It's 3am and I'm lying awake doing the math on how much I need to save for their education. My wife says I'm catastrophizing but it feels so real. An...
Came home from work and my oldest left a card on my desk. It was construction paper folded and decorated with stickers, had a drawing of us doing yard work together. Inside it said I'm the best dad ever and love you to the moon. I literally teared up at my desk. Made me realize how the little stuff ...
Our annual fantasy football league starts drafting next month and we've got one spot open if anyone wants in. Ten dollar buy in, 12 person league, been going for like 5 years now. Mostly guys from work and their buddies. Let me know if interested.
Taking my two sons camping for the first time in a few years this upcoming weekend and I'm way more nervous than I should be. Checking the weather constantly, made a detailed packing list, even got new camping gear. We're only going to a state park about an hour away so it's not like we're roughing ...
Going through a rough stretch with depression and I feel like I'm going through the motions with my wife and kids. Like I'm physically there but mentally I'm somewhere else and I feel like they can tell. I hate that I'm not the dad they deserve right now. Started seeing someone about it but just wan...
He sat at the kitchen table this morning with a Dr. Seuss book and just... did it. Whole thing. No help. His mom and I had tears coming. All those bedtime stories and "sound it out" moments finally clicked. He's already asking to read another one. Might be the coolest thing I've witnessed as a paren...
This one scared me. Found out my son was in a Discord server with people he doesn't know IRL. Some of them seemed normal but some were sus. Had a serious talk with him about internet safety but now I'm paranoid. Are Discord and these gaming communities actually dangerous or am I being the paranoid d...
School gave my 7th grader a Chromebook and he says teachers monitor it during the day but what about after school? Am I supposed to check his browsing history every night? Feel like that might be overkill but also don't want him ending up on sites he shouldn't be on. What's the right balance between...
Just got my 10yo his first iPhone and trying to figure out if I should spend the time configuring all the parental controls or if my kids will just work around them anyway based on what I'm reading here. What are people actually using that works? App limits? Downtime? All of it?
Lost my job two weeks ago and honestly I've been a mess. But my wife is looking to me to stay strong and my kids are picking up on the energy I'm putting out there. So I put on my boots, shaved, and started treating job hunting like a full time job. Haven't told the kids yet but I've told my wife we...
Baby number two is coming in 4 months and I can take 6 weeks paid leave. Company culture makes it seem like taking that time is career suicide. My first kid I took like 10 days and I regret it. My wife is losing her mind at the thought of me going back after two weeks. The money would help but so wo...
After like 6 months of collecting stuff and listening to my wife complain about boxes in the garage, I finally got everything dialed in. Got the pool table moved to the corner, mounted the TV, strung up some vintage beer signs and got the mini fridge stocked. Took me way longer than I expected to ru...
Because he wanted to make liquid assets. My kids literally groaned so loud the dog left the room. Worth it.
Found out today that some kid was being mean to my daughter at recess and my 9 year old son told the kid to knock it off and stood with her. The teacher pulled me aside to tell me how proud she was of him for doing the right thing. I told him about it when I picked him up and he was all embarrassed ...
Three years ago I was sleeping til noon on weekends. Now I'm up at 6am making pancakes shaped like dinosaurs for a 4 year old who only eats the legs. I can't remember the last time I slept past 6. I wouldn't change it but man do I miss that sleep. The dinosaur legs though? Those are pretty cool.