“Daddy, come here! Right away! You have to see this — NOW!” Cole could not contain his vibrant enthusiasm as he raced down the hallway, summoning me to witness his first masterpiece, wrought of angst, yet also of the indomitable […]
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The Wisdom of Grief
Understanding Your Kids When Someone Close Passes On A few weeks ago my Father, aka Big Daddy, “graduated from the school of life with honors”, as I refer to it. He was quietly a remarkable man who raised four successful […]
Daddy’s Little Cheaters
Recently, I read an article about a study that was released confirming what most gaming dads already knew: it does girls good to play video games with their dads. I’ve been playing video games with my two girls (5 & […]
#31DaysOfOscar
I’m not sure how I didn’t know this was happening (oh, wait… maybe it’s because I don’t have cable!), but all this month TCM has been offering Oscar-winning and Oscar-nominated films in full without commercial interruption as they count down … Continue reading →
[SPORTS] MLB Spring Training Primer
A lot has happened in Major League Baseball since the San Francisco Giants, led by exciting (and strange) closer Brian Wilson, beat the Texas Rangers to win the World Series back in the fall. Many playoff and non-playoff teams alike […]
[REVIEW] Daddin’ – The Verb of Being a Dad
To be a father and to be a dad are two things that seem like they should be easily distinguishable. To father means that you have contributed genetically to a child. In a technical sense, to be a dad means […]
[REVIEW] Run to the Roar: Coaching to Overcome Fear
Imagine the African Savanna, a hungry pride of lions and an unsuspecting herd of antelope. The pride sends the oldest lion to rush the antelope while the other lions create a perimeter. When the attack occurs the antelope flee and […]
Soundtrack for Love
Music sometimes can be used as a powerful tool. It can be used for many purposes such as setting the mood in the right environment or training your mind to forget about a broken heart. Most people can recall a […]
THE TOOLS OF FATHERHOOD: The Mallet
When I was growing up, the way to fix things was to strike them. TV not picking up a channel? Whack it on the side. Post in the yard crooked? Whack it. Dog keeps peeing on the carpet? Whack it. […]
Stylish New Twists to the Classic Shirt-and-tie Look
If you’re still taking your cues from the pop-culture icons of “Mad Men” and “Hawaii Five-0,” you might want to reset your style dial to 2011. Jessica Pastor, a top Hollywood men’s fashion consultant who works with Kevin Connolly of […]
Passing the Pen
My father was a high school football fanatic. He dabbled as a part-time sports writer for a small East Texas newspaper and, in review of his old sport clippings, I have to say he was a smooth writer. Unfortunately, for […]
Bordeaux – A Wine for the Generations
A month before my son Finn was born, I went to see my old friend Jim Mocny. I was the sometimes “honorary Mocny brother” in a band he used to have with his brother Richard. If Rich couldn’t make a […]
[SPORTS] The Week In Sports #25: Welcome back, Cotter
“The week in sports” has been on a very long hiatus due to NFL coverage taking over much of thefatherlife’s sports articles. Weekly power rankings trumped TWIS and we’ve missed out on a lot since the last article in July. […]
The Weekday Workout
One Lift a Day For Maximum Muscle With the popularity of The Weekend Workout article I wrote a few years back I thought I would switch gears and fit our workouts into most of our work-weeks, so we could be […]
RT to win a new BabyBjorn cup!
BabyBjorn is at it again, release a new line of cups. They’re providing us with 10 of these to giveaway… so here’s how you win! Make sure you are following @thefatherlife and @BabyBjorn on Twitter. Then send out a Tweet … Continue reading →