Practical Dad
Welcome to PracticalDad.com!
A website created to give fathers the information they need as they take on a larger role in raising their children.
PracticalDad.com offers you guidance and information on:
- Children’s Health
- Childhood Development
- Household and Family Management
- How-to tips on your kids and the house
- Raising kids in today’s world and culture
And whatever other topics might affect you and your family.
Fathers have a crucial role in the lives of their children, even if they are home with their mother while their father works. The everyday importance of Dad rises even further when Mom leaves the home for work, study or even the military. The household has to continue running and the kids must have stability and continuity in order to grow and thrive. And PracticalDad.com is here to provide the information and tips that you need to help you with your kids.
-->What is a PracticalDad?
A PracticalDad is a father who believes that as women take a larger role in the working world, he must shoulder his share of rearing the children and managing the household.
A PracticalDad understands that the old fatherhood models are broken and will use what’s available to create his own model, suited to the particular needs of his own family.
A PracticalDad doesn’t have to be a stay-at-home dad, executive, mechanic or professional. He doesn’t view himself as a SuperDad or PerfectDad. He will simply take the information and opportunities available to help create a working, vibrant and productive home life.
PracticalDad is a website dedicated to the idea that fathers are as capable of being equal partners in the family’s life as women can be equal partners in the workforce. PracticalDad is written for these fathers.
ARTICLES BY CATEGORY
Basics for Dads
Child Development
- Does My Kid Need Deodorant Already?
- When Should Kids Start to Concentrate On One Sport?
- PracticalDad: When Can I Stop Taking My Daughter Into the Men’s Room?
Child Health
Child Safety
- Staying Near the Sick Kid
- PracticalDad’s Law Of Unintended Consequences
- Notes on Bicycle Safety - When Junior’s Not On the Same Level
College
- College Debt: The UK And a Look Ahead
- The What, Why and Effect of the Federal Student Loan Program Change
- PracticalDad’s College Humor
Commentary
Communication
Dad and Mom
- Inside Your Wife’s Head: Defragging the Hard Drive
- First Time Events and Checking with Mom
- Dad’s View versus Mom’s View / Example #2
Discipline
- PracticalDad Discipline: The 25 Cent Solution
- Can I Take the Remote Away?
- Fatherhood and Discipline: It’s Not Like Television
Economics
- Fiat: A Car and a Currency
- PracticalDad’s Guide to Following the Economic Issues
- The PracticalDad Guide to the Credit Crunch
Family / Personal Economics
- PracticalDad’s Shopping For School Clothing and Supplies
- Spending Time On the Cheap
- Shopping Smart - Summer Menus
Family Management
- PracticalDad and Vacation
- Do You Write the Site or Does the Site Write You?
- PracticalDad Solution: The Details Sheet
Father Lessons
- Fatherhood Lesson #5: Stuff Flows Downhill
- Lesson #4: Dad’s Follow-through is Crucial
- Lesson #3: Your Child is a Blank Slate
Housework
Humor
PracticalDad Solutions
- PracticalDad Solutions: Uniform Hooks
- “Do I Have To Go?” Taking the Kids Along
- PracticalDad: How Do I Avoid New Experience Meltdowns?
School
- A Father’s Thoughts on Bullies
- PracticalDad:: Just Blame the Teachers?
- Checking the Returned Schoolwork