A simple technique that will make your life, and your children’s better.
The pace of your life is different to theirs. Not recognising this makes your and their lives harder
We need to think about the different speeds our lives move at.
Mourning your past self
Thoughts about getting older as a dad
Helping your child 'get ahead' may actually put them way behind
Insight’s from David Epstein’s latest book applied to parenting, how the very idea of ‘getting ahead’ is unhealthy and insidious and therefore what you should actually do to help your child be the best they can be.
It’s time to take creativity seriously, for the sake of our children.
They will try and crush the creativity out of your child. They can’t hide, you can’t protect them, so what should you do?
Psychological safety for childhood.
The implications of psychological safety for raising your child through the school years.
What climbing a mountain with your kids teaches you about 18 years parenting
I climbed a mountain with my children and learnt a lot more than I expected to, a lesson that will help me be a better parent for their whole childhood.
Better dad question #7
A question that’ll make you a better dad.
Better dad question #6 - My secret, simple tactic to being more patient and present
A question that’ll make you a better dad.
Better dad question #5
A question that’ll make you a better dad.
Better dad question #4
A question that’ll make you a better dad.
Better dad question #3
A question that’ll make you a better dad.
Better dad question #2
A question that’ll make you a better dad.
Better dad question #1
A question that’ll make you a better dad.
What you do, day in, day out is how they will remember you. I learnt this the hard way.
We repeat things every day, but do we want to?
Be a more patient parent with these two simple exercises. One of them is completely unexpected.
Does what it says on the tin.
Getting older and letting go of our younger selves.
An incredible poem about getting older. Something we’re all doing but never acknowledge.
Is it really worth rushing your kids before they’re mentally ready?
How do you strike the balance between being age appropriate and wrapping them in cotton wool so they don’t develop to their real potential?
The boring things to get sorted early as a parent.
No one tells you about the boring, but important things you need to do as a parent. The things that are much easier to sort before you have a child, but you never get around to because they are too boring. Instead, you spend years working out what they are, then take another few years to sort them out. All with that nagging, feeling you should really get one of them sorted rather than sit on your arse on the sofa.
Time to kill work-life balance
Work-life balance is unhealthy and insidious and should be killed. This is a better way to think about it.