Our launch announcement ran on USA Today during the last week in August. Here is the honest version, and the harder story behind it. Something happened last week that I did not see coming when I started this on Father's Day seven years ago. Our launch announcement ran on USA Today. I will be straight about what that is. It went out as a press release, not a piece some reporter chose to write. I am not going to dress it up. But it is on USA Today, and I will take it. You can r

Teach your kids to pray by praying out loud, using simple words, and making prayer part of everyday routines. This practical guide covers bedtime prayers for kids, family prayer time, the five-finger prayer, and age-by-age tips from toddlers to teens. Learn how to answer questions about God, handle reluctance without pressure, and help children build a personal relationship with God.

I lost my temper over an Algebra II worksheet. Not shouting exactly, but my voice changed, and my son’s face changed with it. That was the night I worked out that helping kids with homework is a skill, and I did not have it. Offering a YouTube channel to teach algebra was not helping. Good news: it is a skill you can pick up in about a week. Most of what goes wrong at that table is not your kid being lazy, and it is not you being a bad dad. It is the timing, and it is the ki

Being a present dad means giving your kids your actual attention inside the hours you already have. It is not a scheduling problem. Twenty minutes, where you are, beats a whole evening where your body is on the couch and your head is still writing an email. For years, I thought my job was the obstacle. If I could just get home earlier, I figured I would become the dad I wanted to be. Then I got what I wanted: 18 months of working from home during the pandemic before returning

I once asked my son to put his shoes on six times. Six. By the fifth I wasn't asking anymore, I was doing that low growl thing dads do when we've run out of road. Then I yelled. He cried. We were late anyway. If you're searching how to get kids to listen, you know that exact feeling. You're not a bad dad. You've fallen into a rhythm that quietly teaches your kids the first ask doesn't count. Most advice on kids not listening starts with the child. This one starts with you, be