My 9-year-old just beat me at Mario Kart and I'm not okay
This is the first time he's legitimately won without me letting him win. I don't know why but it hit different - like I'm officially old and slow now. He was SO proud though, which
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This is the first time he's legitimately won without me letting him win. I don't know why but it hit different - like I'm officially old and slow now. He was SO proud though, which
Is it too early to think about this? My 8yo wants to be a specific character that I can't find pre-made anywhere. Never made a costume before. Should I attempt DIY or just cave and
What's everyone doing for daily screen time? We've been saying 1 hour on school days but summer's here and I don't want to be a total tyrant about it. Don't want them glued to iPad
So I'm sitting at dinner last night with my son and he just looks up from his mac and cheese and goes "Dad, where did your hair go? Did you lose it?" My wife starts cracking up.
Was at my son's baseball game and legitimately made a pun about "running bases" and the other dads groaned. I LAUGHED at my own joke. I've become the thing I feared. Send help.
No nuts (school restriction) No chocolate (melts in backpack) Can't be too messy Has to actually appeal to a 6-year-old I keep defaulting to granola bars and cheese but I feel lik
My son's starting Little League as a catcher (god help us) and we need to get him a chest protector. Is there a brand that's actually comfortable or do they all feel like wearing a
Took my 6 and 8 year old to Whole Foods yesterday because I needed specific stuff for meal prep. I was there for maybe 20 minutes. TWENTY MINUTES. I left with $180 in groceries I d
Been thinking about getting a few dads together to maybe pitch some ideas to our city parks dept about updating the equipment at Riverside Park. It's pretty beat up and the kids de
Thought I'd be the cool dad and make pizza from scratch with my 6yo and 8yo. Seemed fun in my head. Reality: flour EVERYWHERE, the dough wouldn't stretch right, my sauce was too ac
I've decided to stop doing my teenage son's laundry. Not as punishment or anything - he's 14, he can figure it out. First week he wore the same hoodie 5 days straight. Second week,
One of my clients had some extras and gave them to us. Dude. My son is going CRAZY about it. We're going to drive down to Minneapolis and make it a whole thing - staying overnight,
I feel like a jerk saying this but 8am Saturday soccer games are killing me. Don't get me wrong, I love that my twins are getting exercise and making friends, but standing in the c
Started this last week and I'm only 3 episodes in but WOW. It's stressful but in like a good way? The restaurant kitchen stuff is actually interesting and the main guy is incredibl
The Question: Do you eat cereal for dinner? My situation: Wife thinks I'm insane for letting the kids have Fruity Pebbles for dinner while she's at book club. I say it's got grai
So my son came home with a permission slip for health class and obviously I knew it was coming. We sat down, I did my best, it was awkward as hell but I think okay? But then at the
Real question. My 5yo will ask to watch YouTube or play games on the tablet sometimes and honestly? After a long day I'm like "sure buddy, knock yourself out." I know the parenting
Took me 6 weekends but we got it done. The first afternoon after we finished, my 8yo and 10yo basically lived back there. They're out there right now building some kind of obstacle
Planning a long weekend trip this summer with the fam (kids are 5, 8, and 10). Looking for something that's not gonna cost me a kidney but also has basic amenities - like actual ba
My 7-year-old won't stop watching these weird animated toilet videos and now he's drawing toilets everywhere. Like, I get that kids like silly stuff, but this is next level bizarre