I was on a call with someone earlier this week and my son came to my home office. We had glass in the doors, so we made eye contact. I still had 10 minutes on a 30-minute call, so I waved to him that I needed a few more minutes. When I got done, I left my office and looked for him. He had already left. Most likely, he just wanted to tell me he was heading out with friends for lunch and doing some shopping. But I couldn’t take two minutes to stop…make him the priority…and list

I didn't think dad mental health applied to me until I found myself sitting in the at a stop light, it turned green, but it took the driver behind me and his horn to make me realize. Nothing was wrong on paper. Great kids. A fun job. A wife who put up with me. But I was running on empty and pretending I wasn't. This is a real father's guide to staying sane, written by a dad who got it wrong for a while before he got some of it right. I'm not a therapist and I'm not a doctor.

There's a specific kind of tired that sleep doesn't touch. You wake up already empty. You snap at your kid over a spilled cup, feel awful about it, then do it again an hour later. You come home from work, navigating dinner and the evening as a zombie, just trying to make it to bed early. That's dad burnout. And if you're feeling it, here's the first thing to know. It isn't a weakness, and it isn't bad parenting. It's what happens when the demands of work, kids, and everythin

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