It’s Okay to Take a Break
If the coronavirus has taught me anything, it’s that we live in a time where kids are expected to have a bunch after school activities in addition to actually going to school (whenever that happens again).
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To My (Step)Daughter
I met you when I was 29—only a few years older than you are now. I was NOT a Ninja Dad. I was a 20-something who had never been a parent before. I was a lot of things, but an experienced parent was not one of them. You were my first kid.
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Why Every Kid Should Have a Dog
Growing up with a dog is an important thing for a kid. Sometimes growing up with a dog can teach your kids things that you can’t as a Ninja Dad… Like getting out of eating your dinner by feeding your dog under the table.
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Hilarious (and Great) Ninja Dad Kid Quotes
I have kids. At least three of them, last I checked. I’ve overheard some strange things, and I can promise that all of these are 100% real.
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What Is a Ninja Dad?
We have a whole website about being ninja dads, and we may have loosely defined what a ninja dad is in a few places. But as we improve both our ninja skills and our dad skills, it’s worth revisiting.
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Why I Love Being a Dad
There is joy in being a dad. We’ve been there before and lived the struggles our children are going through (except for this whole pandemic thing…haven’t seen this one before).
What You Wish You’d Known as a New Dad
This blog comes to us from Rich at One Hull of a Dad! One Hull of a Dad is another fun site for dads to swap stories, share wisdom, and get these darn kids off our lawns.
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How to Get Your Kids to Stop Fighting and Start Doing Schoolwork
These are strange times. We’re all stuck at home trying to teach our kids, or at least get them to do their assignments. For a lot of us, it’s a miserable failure.
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The Worst Part about COVID-19 According to My Son
Clearly, most people’s attention is on the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. And for good reason. Even a cursory glance at the news or the emerging statistics about the spread of the pandemic are sobering.
Entire industries are being laid off. The stock market is plummeting. Vibrant cities are now ghost towns.
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Home Projects and Long-Term Homework Assignments Suck
I’m going to talk a little about home projects. Not remodeling your kitchen. I’m talking about the homework assignments your charming children bring home from school. The ones that you have to complete in a couple weeks. Basically, any project for your kids to do at home.
It could be a state project (as it was when I was a kid), or a “passion” project (which it is for my son). Or it could be a science fair thingy or any other project that is meant to spark their interest in learning.
The point is, it’s a big, involved homework project of some sort.
Please remember that I am a teacher. This is what I do for a living. So, this isn’t just some random parent rant wherein they fail to see the educational side of things. I’m well-versed in the scholastic goals that home projects for kids seek to accomplish.
So, let’s get to it, then.
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