Last Sunday was my 26th year celebrating Father’s Day as a dad, my 7th as a SoloDad and my first as a GrandDad. For some in my acquaintance, days like Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, birthdays, and anniversaries are huge events with picnic and cookouts in parks or celebrated with friends and family at home. People come out of the woodwork it seems to...

“LE’s really growing up, isn’t he?” A former colleague and mastermind buddy emailed me a week or so ago. She’d seen this video and commented on LE’s vertical growth, his deepening voice, and his overall physical maturity. “Yes,” I countered in a reply…”but into what?” The Metamorphosis of...

There are times when a single dad has no choice but to be flexible. Like the other other night when my Ex calls to ask me if I could switch a scheduled overnight stay for the next night. Normally not a big deal except that I’d made plans around the weekly overnight that LE has with his mom. The plans involved a guest dropping by.  No,  not an overnight guest,...

70% of American parents spank their kids on an ‘as needed’ basis. How is it we’ve come to accept that assaulting a child helps them learn? If you spank your children, I hope you’ll read this post in its entirety and then pause to examine your reasons for hitting your child. Ask yourself if hitting a small child is ever really in their best...

Can you become a more effective and happier Solo-Dad in about a month? I think you can! Ever since I read and participated in Darren Rowse’s 31 Days To Building a Better Blog series on ProBlogger.net (now a downloadable workbook available for only $19.95), I’ve thought about this concept of improving areas of one’s life in a month. Naturally, here...