Video: Stay Connected to Your Daughter
Our good friend Rick Wertz enlisted help from his adult daughter, Amanda, to describe ways dads can stay connected to their daughters. It’s short video, but you’ll be challenged with some simple but powerful action steps. (And she provides some good ideas...
For Dads at Home: 3 Ways to Check Your Anger at the Door
by Michelle Watson, PhD, LPC I know that all families around the world have been thrown into an unusual situation lately with the COVID-19 pandemic. And maybe it’s starting to feel like it was a lifetime ago when you had the routines of work and school to help create...
Dads: Apply Business Principles at Home During the Corona Quarantine
by Justin Batt Watch this message on video here. A few days ago, I had a chance to watch a video from several respected leaders, where they were sitting down to look over their two-year plan for their business. They were also strategizing about how to take advantage...
How to Raise a World-Changing Daughter
by Michelle Watson, PhD, LPC I’ll let you in on a little secret: I want to be a world changer! Stated more specifically (and with a lot more words!): I want to leave a lasting legacy of equipping fathers with better tools to intentionally and consistently pursue their...
Teaching Kids to Be Responsible
Dad, here are two tips for teaching kids to be responsible when they’ve messed up. Michael’s preteen son came home from an event with friends, and Michael heard him crying in the kitchen. Pretty soon the boy confessed: “I lost my phone.” That...Facebook Feed
“Your kids need to hear again and again that the divorce had nothing to do with them; this was a problem between Mom and Dad, and it was not their fault in any way. Keep repeating that to them, even when you know they’re sick of hearing it.” Read more from Keith Zafren at fathers.com
Talking About the Divorce: 5 Things Kids Need to Hear - National Center for Fathering
fathers.com
I’ve learned some things about being a great divorced dad, especially about communication. Here are my best pieces of advice for fellow divorced dads about talking with your kids after the divorce.Those three words, “I love you” -- spoken to our child with sincerity and backed up with actions -- can demonstrate support, encouragement, tenderness, and caring as much as anything else we do.
Dad, remember the great power you have to build your kids up or tear them down -- often through your words.
What would happen if you left your job tomorrow? Sure, it might be a big hassle for everyone, but in a few weeks or a month, they would bring in someone else to replace you. Now, what about at home? Read more @ fathers.com ...
Work or Family: Where Are You Indispensable, Dad? - National Center for Fathering
fathers.com
It’s a classic work-family dilemma. We want to support our kids, but our jobs are important too. They help define who we are as men.