How we love our children is different. Here’s how.
Unwittingly slipping into a dull weekday routine
Don’t do what I did and slip into a dull weekday routine.
It's later than you think
How long have you got left with them? Are you making the most of it?
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.
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.
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.
31 Questions to help you be a better dad
Download 31 questions to make you a better dad.
Being a dad. What this gig is really about.
If being a dad could be condensed down into a few hundred words.
Practical things to be a more patient dad
Some of the best things I’ve learnt to apply to be a more patient dad.
A short guide to being a bad dad
How to be a bad dad
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.
MRI - a great technique to learn and teach your children
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.