What I Wish I Knew Then: Three lessons to ring in the new year – Part 3

What I Wish I Knew Then: Three lessons to ring in the new year – Part 3

by | Jan 16, 2020 | Dads, Father Involvement, Fatherhood Matters, Health, Healthy Relationships, Involved Fathers, Mental health, Moms, New Dads, parenting, Resources, Separated Dads, Single Dads, Step Dads, Teens, Things To Do, tips, Young Dads

Lesson #3 – Empathize, Don’t Antagonize I don’t remember when, but sometime between getting married and the birth of my third child I became aware that my first reaction to problems was to go into ‘problem solving mode’.  Can any of you relate to this?   What...
What I Wish I Knew Then: Three lessons to ring in the new year – Part 2

What I Wish I Knew Then: Three lessons to ring in the new year – Part 2

by | Jan 9, 2020 | Dads, Father Involvement, Fatherhood Matters, Healthy Relationships, Involved Fathers, Resources, Single Dads, Step Dads, Teens, tips, Training, Young Dads

by Drew Soleyn Lesson #2 – Coach more, control less I grew up involved in sports.  In the process, I had a lot of coaches. Some good, others…well, not so good.  I eventually went to Western and was coached by Larry Haylor, who was later inducted into the...
What I Wish I Knew Then: Three lessons to ring in the new year

What I Wish I Knew Then: Three lessons to ring in the new year

by | Jan 2, 2020 | Dads, Father Involvement, Fatherhood Matters, Healthy Relationships, Involved Fathers, Moms, New Dads, parenting, Separated Dads, Single Dads, Step Dads, Training, Young Dads

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com I say full because since we’ve had kids (twin 6 years old’s and a 4 year old) time has seemed to pass exponentially quicker.  There never seems to be enough time, and too many items on our list of “to do’s”. So slowing down,...