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.

Being more patient by going a bit deeper

Digging into what ‘dIsagreement doesn’t mean disrepect’ means so we can be more patient.

The strategy that makes the mid-week dash home for kid bedtime actually work

If you’re a weekend dad, you’re only there for 38% of their young lives. Here’s how to stop the mad midweek dash home for bedtime from backfiring.

Epigenetics and parenting, what you need to know

Nature vs. Nurture,what science tells us about it and what it means for your parenting.

Swearing is good for children.

Swearing and children shouldn’t mix according to conventional wisdom, but that’s not the best way help them learn and grow.

Really being there. Being present. How to do it.

The pockets of pleasure philosophy that helps me enjoy those precious moments more.

Are you setting your kids up for failure?

If your child believes something that isn’t true, they won’t have a clear grasp of reality. If they still have that belief when they are older, they are going to make decisions that don’t fit well with reality. How well their decisions fit with reality will determine their quality of life.

Believe in Willpower? You’ve been conned and it’s closing off ways to be a more patient parent

The idea that will power is a finite resource is probably a lie according to studies. If so, what does this mean for how you parent?

What it means when we blame our children

Humans move to blame faster than accountability. Blame results in shame, anger and conflict.. Accountabilty is where grow lies. How do we help our children, and ourselves, bypass blame for accountability?

How do the rituals we create for our kids change them?

We often think of rituals as good, healthy things. But there can be negative ones too. Recent research shows rituals have a real impact on our physiology. How many of your family’s rituals are doing good things to you childrens’ bodies, and how many aren’t?