From the monthly archives:

February 2009

12 Things That Stress Out Dads

Being a dad is hard work and stressful. According to a Yankelovich Health & Wellness study, dads are most stressed out by the following twelve items:

Planning one’s financial future
Job/Career
Keeping family safe
Worrying about children’s success
Health-care costs
Aggressive drivers
Influence of peers on children
Balancing work and family
Quality of your child’s diet
Your state of health
Housework
Running errands

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Wednesday Wisdom – What I’ve Learned

I stumbled across this poem the other day and I was moved by its words of wisdom. It takes a lifetime to learn some of these things, yet others can be learned through a single experience. I intend to share this poem with my children and explain how I learned many of these lessons. Hopefully, [...]

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Stay At Home Dads Are Going to Hell

In my interaction with some dad bloggers, I discovered a video clip from Pastor John Hagee. He contends that all stay at home dads are bums and are going to hell.
But it seems as if Pastor Hagee in not alone in this belief. Pastor Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church has also been quite vocal [...]

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A Rare Form of Cancer

As we prepared to leave church, our pastor asked us to wait a moment while he told a story about one of our members. It was about Blake, a brave 11-year boy who was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. His family was obviously distraught by the diagnosis and was I need of comfort. [...]

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Wednesday Wisdom – Obey

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord - Colossians 3:20
One of the Sunday school teachers at my church gave her students pennies as part of the assignment. She quickly realized that pennies and young children don’t mix. The kids were sticking them in their mouths, flipping them in the air, and snatching [...]

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How to Deal With a Bully

My daughter, Nee, was having trouble with a bully at school. Of course, my first reaction was to storm the classroom and teach the little girl some manners. However, that would have been inappropriate for several reasons. I even restrained myself from giving the girl a bump as I passed her during the school’s charity [...]

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Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin is An All Pro Dad

Well, the Pittsburgh Steelers are the Superbowl Champions. I’m proud to say that the Steelers were my Superbowl pick from the start. Of course I figured they would be playing my formerly beloved Dallas Cowboys, but that’s another story.
Disclosure: I hate the Steelers for what happened in their 1979 playoff game against the Houston Oilers.
Despite [...]