Tag: dadbloggers

“You hit like a girl!” he shouted. I was six and had just been insulted by Jake. He was a fellow student and resident cool guy in 1st grade. I wanted to be just like him. He was good at sports (gym class dodgeball), he liked rock music (his dad’s 60s records) and and the girls […]

Husbands get a bad wrap. We are a large and diverse group made up of a wide range of completely capable and thoughtful fellows. While the bad rap is sometimes deserved, the husband bashing gets old. There are many who “get it” and are often overlooked. To help illustrate this point, here are 25 Husbands Who […]

I’ve only just gotten into drinking beer in the last year or two. One big reason is that the only beers I had only had crap beers until recently. My first beer was a can of Coors, purchased by a friend. It was 2008 and I’d never had a beer before. It was not a […]

Life has not been kind to my dad. He's faced some tough situations that no one should have to deal with. He's not perfect, but he is authentic.

I love this quick and easy to make chocolate eclair cake recipe. Its a favorite of my wife’s family. My mother-in-law taught me how to make it and now I’m sharing it with you! Its perfect for any family get together and something your kids can help with preparing too! Ingredients: 1 8oz Container of Cool […]

Let’s get a few things straight. No doctor or nurse is going to get my child in an exam room and talk to them privately, until they are old enough to confidently take care of themselves. Seriously, my one year old has a pretty limited vocabulary confined to things like being hungry or wanting to […]

Disclosure: I partnered with Cardstore from American Greetings and Life of Dad, LLC for the #WorldsToughestJob Dad Casting Father’s Day promotion and was compensated for my involvement. Fatherhood is full of unscripted moments. I laugh when I think of this because images of all sorts of accidents and misadventures from my childhood come to mind. […]

I wanted to be the perfect dad. I wanted everything to be right. I was scared to death that I would screw something up, break him or drop the baby. That's not happened yet, so I count it as a win!

I got to attend a live broadcast taping of the local Chicago daytime show Windy City Live that airs weekdays from 11am – 12pm on ABC 7. Monday’s show theme was “1st Class Dads.” Melvin (of GuinnTribe) met me at my place early Monday morning and we took the train downtown. We arrived at the […]

I opened a blog over at Medium. Right now it’s just a place for me to re-share some of my favorite blog posts from the past. If you are a Medium user, please subscribe. If not, go check it out. The layout of the site is quite different and there are a lot of great […]