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We learn to love people from the outside in. With our children, it’s the other way around.

How we love our children is different. Here’s how.

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Monday 02.03.20
Posted by David Willans
 

Unwittingly slipping into a dull weekday routine

Don’t do what I did and slip into a dull weekday routine.

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Saturday 01.04.20
Posted by David Willans
 

It's later than you think

How long have you got left with them? Are you making the most of it?

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Saturday 01.04.20
Posted by David Willans
 

The most important theory you've never heard of as a parent

When you understand this, it will make it easier for you to be a better parent.

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Tuesday 12.24.19
Posted by David Willans
 

Don’t be a real man, be a better man

We all hold an idea of what it means to be a man in our heads, but we haven’t chosen this idea. It’s been forced on us. Here’s how to hack that idea so you can be a better man and of course, dad.

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Thursday 12.12.19
Posted by David Willans
 

Time to kill off work-life balance

Work-life balance should be killed. The way it’s phrased sets you up to fail right from the start. Here’s a better idea.

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Tuesday 12.03.19
Posted by David Willans
 

31 Questions to help you be a better dad

Download 31 questions to make you a better dad.

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Tuesday 12.03.19
Posted by David Willans
 

Being a dad. What this gig is really about.

If being a dad could be condensed down into a few hundred words.

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Wednesday 11.20.19
Posted by David Willans
 

Practical things to be a more patient dad

Some of the best things I’ve learnt to apply to be a more patient dad.

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Wednesday 11.20.19
Posted by David Willans
 

A short guide to being a bad dad

How to be a bad dad

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Thursday 11.14.19
Posted by David Willans
 

Equality isn’t fairness. We’ve got it wrong at work, can we get it right at home so our children have fairer workplaces?

If ‘but it’s not fair’ winds you up, read this because a little bit of understanding can make things a lot better.

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Thursday 10.31.19
Posted by David Willans
 

MRI - a great technique to learn and teach your children

A simple technique that will make your life, and your children’s better.

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Wednesday 10.23.19
Posted by David Willans
 

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.

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Friday 10.18.19
Posted by David Willans
 

Mourning your past self

Thoughts about getting older as a dad

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Friday 10.11.19
Posted by David Willans
 

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.

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Thursday 09.26.19
Posted by David Willans
 

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?

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Thursday 08.29.19
Posted by David Willans
 

Psychological safety for childhood.

The implications of psychological safety for raising your child through the school years.

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Saturday 06.08.19
Posted by David Willans
 

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.

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Saturday 06.01.19
Posted by David Willans
 

Better dad question #7

A question that’ll make you a better dad.

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Thursday 05.30.19
Posted by David Willans
 

Better dad question #6 - My secret, simple tactic to being more patient and present

A question that’ll make you a better dad.

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Thursday 05.30.19
Posted by David Willans
 
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