What makes a successful single father? If you have found yourself in the present situation as a single father, then chances are, the word commitment is nothing new to your life. This is not the first time you have chosen to sacrifice your needs over that of someone else. And if your like me, you did it without question and without complaint. The type of person that plants his feet firmly in the ground, but at the same time, has mastered “rolling with the punches.” If your marriage got to the point where you had to leave with the kids, One can only imagine the amount of torment you allowed your ..read more

No body likes helping with homework. As a single dad, and all parents, We all dread the subject, as much, if not more than, our children. As a family, the last thing we want to do is sit around the kitchen table arguing about pronouns or decimal points. Unfortunately the only math that gets accomplished each night is division and subtraction. What do you get when you subtract all of the peace and patience from a room. A family completely divided. This was a grown up problem and was not going to work for our family for long and it was going to be up to me to figure out a way to solve it. As the ..read more

For most fathers, discipline can be a pretty uncomfortable subject (even more so for the child.) While I never had any issues with discipline in the past, I recently found my mind dwelling on the subject more frequently. I felt like I was constantly stressing weather or not I had been too hard on my kids. Even when I hadn’t really been hard on them whatsoever. Then there were other times I knew I was being a complete pushover. Single Fathers on Discipline I remember one shameful weekend all to well, and for the sake of my parenting, hopefully It is one I will not soon forget. It wasn’t anythin ..read more

“Don’t make me get your Father!” We have all heard these words at some point in our lives. This is probably the single most commonly used statement used to instill immediate fear into a disobedient child. Often times, as adults, us men find it uncomfortable to actually have to become that source of fear to our children. On the up side, flipping our thought process over to the alpha male mentally, actually comes pretty natural for guys. Single Fathers Daddy Style Now Imagine a man, that for whatever reason, finds himself a single father. The last thing we want to do is rule our children in comp ..read more

Single Fathers feel like failures. I really hate to admit this, but I was honestly releaved to discover that Its very common for single fathers to feel like failures. I am not alone. In fact, its a very common issue amongst single dads Now one would think that a man with no furture emotional obligation to there wife and at least joint custody, would finally be able to live the simple life that he thought he craved. Men are nurturers. For as long as we had our significant other, we had an outlet for that natural instict. Our children accept our coddling, but to them it is more expected. I mean ..read more

Finding time alone for single dads is crucial to ones sobriety. I am told that in recovery that it is vital to find some personal time to clear you head or to meditate or whatever a person might do to find a little piece of mind. The main problem I have found as a single father of four young children, is that stepping away for any amount of time is simply not an option. Time Alone for Single Dads Have you ever tried telling a bunch of wild, misbehaving children that they need to put their emotions on hold for a moment because Daddy is about to have a complete breakdown? I can tell you from exp ..read more

Single Fathers Importance of Self Care in Recovery “Let me ask you a question about you and your kid.” I used to get nervous when anyone would say this to me. This time, however, it wasn’t just anyone asking. Nope. This time, It was my family counselor. I should be a complete emotional wreck. Not anymore. I have seriously taken my focus on parenting to a whole new level since becoming a single father. I love learning new strategies and studying the latest parenting techniques. Not only do I spend a good amount of time collecting factsheets from multiple social wor ..read more