What I Wish I Knew Then: Three lessons to ring in the new year
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,...
When Big Days Blow Up on You: Preventing holiday meltdowns
by John Hoffman Not that I want to be a Grinch during the season of good cheer but… Here’s one of the less pleasant realities of being a parent of little kids. Sometimes the days that you really, really want to go well are the ones that really, really, really don’t go...
Hey Mom, You Influence Dad’s Connection with the Kids
by John Hoffman In my second last post for Dad Central I want to go back one of the most important factors in fathering, which is mothers. Not the father’s own mother, but the mother of his children. One of the first articles I wrote about fathering, almost 30 years...
The Motherload Part 2: Some loads are meant to be shared
by Brian Russell Maybe I just made up a new proverb: it’s the invisible load that is often the heaviest to bear. It is the things we are not aware of that weigh us down the most because we feel their weight, but don’t realize what is causing it. This is...