When I was approached to write about rules for Dads of teens, my immediate reaction was "like totally." Rule #1: Don't pretend to talk like a teen. It doesn't work. Especially if you're in your 40's like me. Like the saying goes "Act your age not your shoe size." So what makes me an expert in teens you may be wondering? Well I have two teens — one boy age 15 and one girl age 13. I have a third who is 10 going on 16 (I kid you not.) So I think I qualify for the position.
Read MoreSimon Langston, a British father with terminal brain cancer, has been preparing for his departure in a loving, heartbreaking way: by writing a series of letters to his 3-year-old son Alfie. They are to be opened on various special occasions — birthdays, the day he passes his driving test, his wedding day — throughout the boy’s lifetime. “Alfie’s still a little too young to understand what is happening,” Simon’s wife Kelly tells the Daily Mail. “We both want to make sure that he knows how much his daddy loves him, and how he’ll always be watching over him.”
Read More"I guess I felt more like a mom than a dad," my friend Brad said. I had asked him about how he parents and whether he thought his style was more akin to a stereotypical mother or father. The two of us were sitting at a café in our neighborhood in San Francisco, debriefing after our stints as stay-at-home gay dads. Both of us were still only weeks out of stay-at-home life, and were trying to make sense of the experience. We were talking about whether we, as gay men and as parents, identified more with our male or female straight counterparts.
Read MoreActor Ashton Kutcher is excited over becoming a first-time father to daughter Wyatt Isabelle. He appeared on ‘Conan’ show and shared about having his first child with actress Mila Kunis, reports People.com. ‘ It’s unbelievable. It’s the greatest thing on earth,’ the 36-year-old said.
Read MoreThe neck is one of the main places your body releases heat - but it's also one of the best places to to complete a timeless fashionable look. There are many ways to tie a scarf, but there are two main ways that surpass the rest; the casual Once-around and the more fussy Parisian. The Parisan is the method you should go for the most warmth, but if you're looking for something less cold weather, try keeping the Once-around more loose.
Read MoreEven at companies with policies allowing paternity leave, requesting it can be tricky. Here’s how. Dear Annie: I’m envious of the people who work for Change.org and other employers I’ve been reading about lately, since those employees can take time off for the birth or adoption of a child without feeling like they’re risking their careers. My wife and I are expecting our second baby soon, and my problem is, not only does my company have no formal policy that allows paternity leave, but I’ve heard my immediate boss make snarky remarks about it.
Read MoreAs a punishment for lying about her age to try and date an older boy, Louisville, Kentucky, dad Kevin Jones decided to resort to embarrassing his daughter as much as he could. Jones reportedly caught his 10-year-old daughter lying about her age on social media and posting pictures of herself that made her look older. When Jones found out that she had an older boyfriend, he came up with a creative way to make sure that she learned a lesson.
Read MoreThe three men wearing white scrubs stand to one side, watching silently as people in blue and green scrubs burst through the oversize door into the operating room. Nurses. Surgical assistants. An anesthesiologist. Ten total, so far. The elevator pings, and someone else in scrubs backs out pulling a heavy portable incubator. Then, another, and another. One for each baby.
Read MoreWhen Tom Burns' daughter asked if she could be Han Solo for Halloween, he responded with an enthusiastic "Of course!" So when she next suggested that he dress as Princess Leia, what else could he say? "That would be FANTASTIC," Burns told his daughter, later explaining in a blog post: "Because that's what dads do."
Read MoreNow more than ever, dads are stepping up to take a more active role in child rearing and housework. Some are asking, do modern dads get enough credit for this? More and more fathers are becoming the primary caregivers of their children. The number of stay-at-home dads has doubled since the late '80s. The time they spend with them has tripled since 1965.
Read MoreThere's big news in the world of Bryan Singer, and for once it doesn't involve clawed superheroes or metal-bending villains. As E! News reports, the prolific X-Men director is expecting a child with his long-time friend, actress Michelle Clunie.
Read MoreWSJ recently featured an article in their “Venture Capitalist Dispatch” blog titled The ‘Quantified Baby’: Rest Devices Aims to Popularize Wearable Infant Monitor.” The blog post described a new wearable physiological baby-monitoring device that is set to hit markets in 2014.
Read MoreMany men describe the birth of their child as a truly wonderful, life-changing event. But with the new responsibility and devotion, the expense and duty that parenthood brings may also come feelings of anxiety and bouts of exhaustion and stress. Research even points to a form of depression in new fathers, triggered by a combination of hormonal fluctuations and a struggle to cope with the role and its expectations.
Read MoreA study at Kansas State University concluded that dads feel just as guilty as moms about taking time to work out. The researchers said both parents tend to view exercise as a selfish behavior that takes up family time. The researchers said, in order to stay active, many dads take time during the lunch hour to exercise, while active moms exercise first thing in the morning.
Read MoreTypically, the idea of time falling back an hour leaves one feeling happy and excited for that extra hour of sleep. For all you parents who know better I can see you shaking your heads. This time of year brings cooler weather, costumes and candy and this is just the prequel to the rest of the holiday season.
Read MoreThe only thing better than picking out the perfect pumpkin: picking up your daughter who hasn't seen you in months. Levi Kaplan, a soldier who had been serving in Afghanistan for 10 months, gave his daughter the surprise of a lifetime last week. Luckily, Kaplan's wife, Meg Kaplan, got it all on camera.
Read MoreSometimes I feel like a bad dad. Doubts over my parental savvy often correlate with how long I’m at the office. When I call to tell Mrs. Tepper that I’ll be here until 7:30 p.m. working on a magazine feature—and won’t be home to put our son Luke to bed—the soft disappointment in her voice stays with me like a faint ember. The same guilty feelings apply to my job, too.
Read MoreOk, a big ‘thumbs up’ for Little Twig and Sparrow's really well made and comfortable pajamas. Made from cool, Tanguise cotton from Peru, my 4 and 6 year old immediately became inseparable from them! I really like to “outside the box” designs, very different from any jammies on the market the designs (y kids love them for child role play wear as well, for everything from Star Trek to Spide-Ma costumes).
Read MoreWatch a very talented dad monkey around making chocolate pancakes to look like chimpanzees, orangutans and gorillas! As this incredible video shows, illustrator Nathan Shields' pancake designs are flippin' amazing. For his most recent collection, he's battered the competition, creating monkey versions of the sweet treats inspired by a gorilla pancake attempt by his son.
Read MoreActor expecting baby with former girlfriend Catherine Harding, a singer/songwriter also known as Cat Cavelli. The 41-year-old said in a statement that he and Harding, 23, a singer-songwriter also known as Cat Cavelli, are no longer in a relationship but are both "whole heartedly committed to raising the child".
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