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These Things Don’t Matter
However much they seem to be prioritized by other parents, by certain cultures, perhaps by your own parents,…
This Will Haunt You
We parents are collectors. We have the photos from the day they were born. We have the first…
You Don’t Have To Be Perfect. You Do Have To Do This.
None of us will be perfect parents. Our children will not agree with and understand with every choice…
Only Later Will You See This
“Only later,” Joan Didion wrote of her daughter, “did I see that I had been raising her as…
It’s You You Know
They are so like you. So like their mother. They have the same affect. They have the same…
Now’s The Time To Get It Together
Look, when you were young, you could get away with it. You could spend more than you had–knowing…
The Kind of Marriage You Need To Build
There is a famous line we have posted many times here at Daily Dad, one that’s always popular…
Teach Them This Grand Tradition
For thousands of years, humans have been expressing wisdom to each other through fables. Whether it’s Aesop or…
You Don’t Have To Be Perfect. You Do Have To Do This.
None of us will be perfect parents. Our children will not agree with and understand with every choice we make–now or later. We are going…
Only Later Will You See This
“Only later,” Joan Didion wrote of her daughter, “did I see that I had been raising her as a doll.” Grieving, heart broken over the…
It’s You You Know
They are so like you. So like their mother. They have the same affect. They have the same bad habits. The same hopes, the same…
Now’s The Time To Get It Together
Look, when you were young, you could get away with it. You could spend more than you had–knowing you’d figure things out later. You could…
The Kind of Marriage You Need To Build
There is a famous line we have posted many times here at Daily Dad, one that’s always popular on Instagram whenever it goes up. The…
Teach Them This Grand Tradition
For thousands of years, humans have been expressing wisdom to each other through fables. Whether it’s Aesop or the Bible or Leonardo da Vinci or…
It’s Yourself You Should Be Worried About
There seems to be this concern, particularly on the right and from older generations, that kids are just way too soft these days. Everyone is…
Quality Time Is The Easy Way Out
No vacation, no special experience, not even a family outing, just happens on its own. There is planning. There is time off work. There is…
Don’t Be So Nice That…
Nobody likes confrontation. Nobody likes having to enforce our boundaries. Nobody likes having to have an awkward conversation with their parents. Or the boss. Or…
A Real Way To Be Happy
We talked recently about the fleetingness of happiness. The way that happiness changes and evolves, the way that it tends to ensue rather than exist…