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Making Kindness King
by Chris Horst
Two (unexpected) dadcraft Ideas in The MVP Machine
by Andrew Wolgemuth
On Growing Independence
by Erik Wolgemuth
Know Your Kids
by Andrew Wolgemuth
The Dad’s Guide to the Delivery Room
by Erik Wolgemuth
Five Important Reasons to Pay Attention
by Andrew Wolgemuth
Welcome to Dad’s Barbershop
by Chris Horst
Two Tips for Watching Sports on TV with Your Kids
by Dan MacLeay
March Madness – Nontraditional Bracket Picking, 2019 Edition
by Erik Wolgemuth
Why We Love Traditions & Routines (and 3 Keys for Making Them for Your Family)
by Andrew Wolgemuth
Telling Stories on Yourself
by Andrew Wolgemuth
Dad’s Guide to Pets: The Four Categories You Need to Know
by Erik Wolgemuth
3 Great Untruths and How to Counter Them
by Andrew Wolgemuth
A Fathering Resolution for New Years
by Andrew Wolgemuth
Solo Time – Making the Most of One-on-One with Your Kids
by Erik Wolgemuth
The Dad’s Guide to Sleds
by Andrew Wolgemuth
The Family Pep Talk Huddle
by Chris Horst
3 Things for the Brand New (and Not Brand New) dadcraftsman
by Erik Wolgemuth
Multi-Level dadcraft: Nonessential Oils
by Andrew Wolgemuth
5 Dads on Their Backyard Games
by Chris Horst
4 Thoughts from Inflatable Pumpkins (on Kids & Consumerism)
by Erik Wolgemuth
3 Tips on Picking Your Battles
by Erik Wolgemuth
Be a Guide: 6 Things I Learned on the River
by Andrew Wolgemuth
5 Dads on Their Go-To Meals
by Chris Horst
Back to School – 3 Tips to Help You be a Student of Your Kids
by Erik Wolgemuth
A Dad’s Guide to Teaching Basic Money Management
by Chris Horst
3 Parenting Alternatives to the Bad Advice of “Find Your Passion”
by Andrew Wolgemuth
Power of Play
by Erik Wolgemuth
Salute to Single Dads
by Chris Horst
Three Keys to Rethinking Chores
by Andrew Wolgemuth
Athlete Dads — 3 Examplars
by Chris Horst
When dadcraft Doesn’t Go As Planned
by Erik Wolgemuth
Keep This In Mind: They’re Watching
by Andrew Wolgemuth
The Dad’s Guide to Explaining Rube Goldberg Machines
by Andrew Wolgemuth
In Defense of (Temporary) Confusion
by Erik Wolgemuth
dadcraft Don’ts: Say You’re “Not a Baby Guy”
by Chris Horst
Where Are We Going?
by Erik Wolgemuth
dadcraft: The Six Ideals
by Chris Horst
by Erik Wolgemuth
by Andrew Wolgemuth
March Madness – Nontraditional Bracket Picking, 2018 Edition
by Erik Wolgemuth
4 Tips to Watching Sports with Kids
by Chris Horst
Top 5 Posts of 2017
by Chris Horst
About Screaming Children on Airplanes
by Chris Horst
The Dad’s Guide to Modern-Day Foraging
by Chris Horst
6 Things I Learned from the Dad in “Swiss Family Robinson”
by Erik Wolgemuth
For Memorable Moments with Your Kids, Break the Script
by Erik Wolgemuth
On the Stupidity of “Less Kids is Green” Arguments
by Chris Horst
Reflecting on Summer
by Jed Burkholder
Five Dads on Roughhousing
by Erik Wolgemuth
There Are No Fathering Experts
by Andrew Wolgemuth
Tennis Anyone? Teaching Your Kids the Sport of Conversation
by Robert Wolgemuth
A Parenting Tip I Just Learned: Find a Substitute
by Andrew Wolgemuth
Dads-For-Rent (Seriously)
by Chris Horst
It’s Not Easy…but It’s Worth It
by Andrew Wolgemuth
3 Ideas for Better Family Dinners
by Chris Horst
2 (Initial) Tips to Reading “Chapter Books” with Your Kids
by Andrew Wolgemuth
Journey Towards Vulnerability
by Dan Wolgemuth
The Dad’s Guide to the Middle of the Night
by Erik Wolgemuth
5 Dads on Playing Princesses
by Chris Horst
3 Ways You Can Help Curb the Absentee Dad Crisis
by Chris Horst
Whisker Burn is the Lipstick of Dads
by Dan Wolgemuth
3 Ways to (carefully) dadcraft Your Grilling
by Erik Wolgemuth
The Turd Scoop (or: You Can Do It)
by Andrew Wolgemuth
Two Dad Ads & What Fatherhood Means
by Chris Horst
The Dad’s Guide to Reading with Toddlers
by Chris Chancey
4 Things to Remember When Your Kid Loses
by Ben Sasse
5 Dads on Diaper Changing
by Erik Wolgemuth
The Dad’s (Second) Guide to Cooking with Young Kids
by Andrew Wolgemuth
The Dad’s Guide to Teaching Your Kid to Ride a Bike
by Erik Wolgemuth
Your Boys Need to Move (and So Do You)
by Chris Horst
Bathtime Reflections
by Dan Wolgemuth
Fathering Out of Fatherlessness
by James K. A. Smith
The Dad’s (Initial) Guide to Cooking with Young Kids
by Andrew Wolgemuth
The Dad’s Guide to the End of the School Year
by Erik Wolgemuth
Dad Joy
by Andrew Wolgemuth
The Little Things Matter
by Erik Wolgemuth
A Dad’s Guide to Introducing Kids to Baseball
by Chris Horst
Taking One on the Chin: Because Dads Can’t Always Protect
by Erik Wolgemuth
The Dad’s Guide to Feeding Your Toddler
by Chris Horst
The Dad’s Guide to Dealing with Nightmares
by Chris Horst
What “I’m Sorry” Needs to Mean
by Andrew Wolgemuth
Telling Bedtime Stories, a dadcraft Skill
by Chris Horst
How to Jelly-Fill Your Saturday Morning Errands
by Chris Horst
Notes to (and from) the Tooth Fairy
by Andrew Wolgemuth
It’s Hard: Fatherhood and Realistic Expectations
by Andrew Wolgemuth
The Dad’s Guide to Errands
by Erik Wolgemuth
You’re Not Homer: Raising the Bar for Fatherhood
by Chris Horst
Don’t Miss It: The Importance of Slowing Down
by Erik Wolgemuth
The Evening Hours: Finding ‘The Zone’ with Your Kids
by Erik Wolgemuth
Fathers: Not Jedis, but Irreplaceable
by Chris Horst
The Dad’s Guide to the Sidelines
by Erik Wolgemuth
The Dad’s Guide to the Doctor’s Office
by Erik Wolgemuth
When Kids Meltdown
by Erik Wolgemuth
5 Dads on Being Married to a Pregnant Woman
by Chris Horst
The Dad’s Guide to Home Repair
by Erik Wolgemuth
Intentional Parenting & Pierced Ears
by Peter Greer
5 Sharp Takes on Fathering
by Chris Horst
Being Present Is More Than Simply Being There
by Dan Wolgemuth
Making Your Dinner Table the Best Place in the House
by Erik Wolgemuth
The Long Goodbye: Telling Your Kids Your Story
by Fred Smith
Help in Unlikely Places: The Unpack
by Erik Wolgemuth
Developing Grit
by Chris Horst
The Dad’s Guide to Nicknaming
by Erik Wolgemuth
On Hiking Slowly
by Chris Horst
What My Commute Taught Me About Bedtime
by Dave Strunk
dadcraft Don’ts: What Not to Text Your Wife
by Andrew Wolgemuth
When I Fall Short
by Erik Wolgemuth
The Dad’s Guide to Flying with Children
by Chris Horst
Nontraditional Ways to Pick Your Brackets
by Erik Wolgemuth
dadcrafting Valentine’s Day
by Erik Wolgemuth
4 Dad-Tested Christmas Gift Ideas
by Chris Horst
The Dad’s Guide to Mother’s Day
by Chris Horst
5 Dads on Father’s Day
by Chris Horst
The Perfect, Timeless Father’s Day Gift
by Dan Wolgemuth
Christmas Gifts We Love To Give (and Love To Own)
by Chris Horst
The Dad’s Guide to Avoiding a Veruca Salt Christmas
by Erik Wolgemuth