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5 Ways You Should Be Exhausted as a Dad

Being a dad is often exhausting. A friend once recalled to me that most of his childhood memories of his blue-collar dad, whom he saw only on the weekends, included really long naps.  It often...

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#134: The New Dad’s Playbook with Benjamin Watson (Podcast)

NFL athlete and Super Bowl champion Benjamin Watson knows a thing or two about big games. But he says the biggest game in life—parenting, specifically fatherhood—is one for which there is no playbook....

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5 Types of Girls I Don’t Want My Son Dating

This is one of my favorite All Pro Dad articles written by BJ Foster, All Pro Dad’s Director of Content.  At the beginning of 1848, a carpenter named James Marshall was working on building a sawmill...

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10 Things Loving Fathers Do for Their Children

I love this post on the All Pro Dad website as it is a great reminder for me: “He saved me,” said thirteen-year-old Gracie Johnson, after her parents, sister, and two cousins were tragically killed in...

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10 Perfect Daddy-Daughter Date Ideas

All Pro Dad wrote a wonderful article about Daddy-Daughter dates. If you have a daughter, be sure to check out these ideas and try them with your daughter this week.  Your daughter is excited. She has...

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An Easy Way to Help Your Child Have a Great School Year

With five children of my own, I’ve seen the back to school jitters many times. When my children worried over their first-day outfit, their new teacher, and if their friends would be in their class,...

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10 Ways to Know You Are a Successful Father

“Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance.” -Ruth E. Renkel There is not one single path to successful parenting. All fathers are not created equal in method nor in...

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Every Dad Needs to Connect With His Kids in These 3 Ways

Raising children can be a blur. One minute your child is a year old, and the next thing you know, he’s 21. Thankfully, most moms and dads make the most of the childhood years and work hard at being...

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A New Way of Thinking as a Dad

The way you think as a man and father is greatly influenced by your past. You are, to a certain extent, a product of your past. Two of the greatest past influences on your mindset as a father are your...

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One of the Best Things You Can Be For Your Kids

My grandson James is four months old. I like to read the Bible to him, take walks with him around the yard, and sing to him. And every time I see him, I greet him the same way—by picking him up and...

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