advice for new dads

What My Dad Did Right – Science!

October 20, 2010 Advice for Dads

Christa Charter is a Playground Dad guest contributor. You can follow her on Twitter @trixie360 As far back as I can remember my dad has been fascinated by science. He wasn’t a scientist; in fact he dropped out of college and was a musician while I was growing up. But he always had a passion [...]

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Reflections of a Playground Dad’s Dad

October 4, 2010 Advice for Dads

When my son Mike first mentioned the term Playground Dad to me, and explained the concept, my initial reaction was self-absorbed.  I hoped he was committed to being an involved dad because I had been a great role model.  But after a quick reality check, I realized that the behavior I modeled for most of [...]

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What My Dad Did Right – Taking Responsibility

September 29, 2010 Advice for Dads

Melissa Anderson is a biomedical engineering major at  Universitat de Barcelona. She currently works as a photographer (mainly working with children with disabilities), a web consultant for real estate firms in Southwest Florida, and a human rights activist. I think the one thing my father did right was show us what it means to be [...]

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What My Dad Did Right – Saw the World

September 24, 2010 Advice for Dads

As a journalist and screenwriter, Russell Nichols finds inspiration from traveling as well as being still. For now, he and his wife live in Sacramento. Back then, the Grand Canyon was nothing to me but a giant hole in the ground. Looking over the vast landscape as a 12-year-old boy, I didn’t care about the [...]

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What My Dad Did Right – Hard Work and Perseverance

September 23, 2010 Advice for Dads

Andrew Carr is a Family man First, Gamer second.  Living in Long Beach, CA; Andrew is the Father of 3 and works at Blizzard Entertainment and on the Community site the10k.com My relationship with my dad was a rocky one.  As the youngest of six children and the only boy, I often felt like I [...]

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What My Dad Did Right – It Was Mom Who Taught Me to Be a Dad

September 17, 2010 Advice for Dads

“Parris, you always need to make time for your children.” These were the words spoken by my mother a few years ago and they have stayed with me ever since. I am a father of three children: Keanna age eight, Trey age four, and baby Kendra age 5 months. Finding the time to not only [...]

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The Daily Homework Battle

September 15, 2010 Advice for Dads

Reg Hamlett is a guest contributor to Playground Dad. He lives in Chicago, IL with his 2 sons. My oldest son and I have a very close and very intense relationship. Our conversations are consistently thought provoking and leave me impressed with his developing world view. At the same time, we compete like warriors. I’m [...]

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What My Dad Did Right – Just Being Him

September 14, 2010 Advice for Dads

This post comes from Sharon Stotler. Sharon was born and raised in the Bay Area and is now living in Portland, OR where she is an Account Supervisor at Tangible Worldwide. In my opinion, my Dad does everything right. Being Daddy’s girl and all, I really can’t see him in any other light – honestly! [...]

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What My Dad Did Right – He Trusted Me

September 9, 2010 Advice for Dads

Justin Korthof is the father of two and lives in the Dallas area, working as the Community Manager for  Robot Entertainment. You can follow him on Twitter as @sixokay. When I was asked to write this, I was told that the article should be about five hundred words. Really, though, it’s about two words. “You what?” When [...]

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What My Dad Did Right – “I Had to Become a Dad to Appreciate My Own”

September 7, 2010 Advice for Dads

Rodney Fernandez is the Editor in Chief of the10k.com. He lives in Florida with his two daughters. It’s so easy to tell a story about what your dad did wrong in raising you, but what about what he did right? Right or wrong, I believe that we are all products of our environment. True strength [...]

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