Kids develop and grow at an astonishing pace. The more you know about the typical milestones and stumbling blocks, the more patience you can acquire.
I have 3 sons and one daughter, and I know that building their self-confidence and helping them become strong and caring adults is one of my main tasks as a father. I confess, I worry a bit more about my daughter, because I know how crucial self-esteem and such is for a young girl; however, I have more recently realized…
The father-son relationship is a much-stories one, one which is a huge factor in the growth and development of a boy on his way to becoming a man; a boy’s relationship with his father has a large part to play in the kind of man he ultimately becomes, and the kind of father he is to his own children. Unfortunately,…
According to the most recent U.S. Census, one in three kids lives in a home where the biological father isn’t present. This startling statistic has clear repercussions in many ways: kids who don’t have a good paternal role model are more likely to live in poverty, engage in criminal activity, and drop out of school. Being a dad myself, it’s…
Someone once pointed out a key difference between men and women to me: a woman can love her baby before it is born, but a man cannot, or at least not in the same way. Women have a head start on us guys when it comes to building a relationship with children (after all, they carry the child beneath their…
Arguments happen. It is just inevitable that you will disagree, sometimes strongly, with someone in your life. When you are a husband and father, those disagreements will happen most often with your wife and children. The results can be stress, disharmony in your home life, and a world of other problems. Generally, we all want to win the arguments we…
Sibling rivalries are a part of having siblings. If a family has more than one kid, there will be some amount of friction between them.
