‘Daddy, why are you so angry?’ A comment like this would cut any man to the core. And with good reason. When your negative behaviour is reflected back at you by your own children, it really comes home to roost. You know the score though – all you need is a bad day at work, […]
What are the best activities for father and son bonding? This is something I’ve thought about a lot and as my son gets older, I want to know the answer more and more. It’s important because the time you have with your son is short. He’ll be all grown up by the time he’s eighteen […]
You want to pass on your good habits, don’t you? And in turn, reject or minimise the bad? But how do you do it? And is it even worth it at a time where everything is ‘permissible and beneficial’? This is a post about something dear to my heart: setting a good example for your kids in […]
There are fewer more sensitive subjects these days than that of feminism. More recently, celebrities and other ‘famouses’ have scrambled over themselves to proclaim that they are indeed feminists and that everyone with a reasonable bone in their bodies should follow suit. I’m not one of them. Instead I am a father of one daughter […]
How do you create better memories for you and your family? Imagine if there was a way that anything you did was instantly burned into your memory as something positive. You’d quickly build up a library of moments that you could treasure for ever. But the problem is this: you don’t really have much – […]
What is the secret to a good marriage or relationship? In a time when 50% of marriages fail, it looks like we need some help. Funny how a lot of people who have never been married claim to know what makes a good marriage. Or worse, they carry a string of broken relationships with them […]
What is the best advice for new Dads? Did you just find out you’re going to be a father and everyone is throwing wisdom your way? Does some of it make sense and some of it contradict itself? When you’re a new Dad, everyone (and I mean everyone) wants to tell you their stories and […]
What are the best vegetables to grow in the garden if you have young kids? If you’re like me and love nothing better than doing a spot of gardening. This becomes even more fun with your kids in tow. Teaching your kids how to grow their own food equates to real life skills that they […]
My early school experience was a bit like living in a totalitarian state. It was a place where free thought and expression was discouraged. Boys like me were subjected to show trials for imaginary misdemeanors that included false witnesses and indefinite detention without charge. The school was run by an abusive bully who used physical […]
Picture this: you’ve had a humdinger of a week at work. You got to the office early and left late. A few snatched minutes with your kids was all you managed. You did manage to meet your deadlines and that end of year bonus looks in the bag. But at what price? Then the weekend […]