Dad News – April 2020

We have culled the interwebs to find relevant content in the world of parenting, fatherhood, working dads, and all around #daddylessons in order to deliver it all directly to you. Quick reads with quick insights. Enjoy!

LIVING WITH CHILDREN: Bored kids at home? Stop parenting

Daddylessons Summary: Catchy headline, great content. In our house, when things are getting stagnant or emotions are escalating, I tell my kids to go outside and get bored. Some of the most incredible inventions and discoveries happened while people were bored. Sir Isaac Newton? Check out the next headline.

During a pandemic, Isaac Newton had to work from home, too. He used the time wisely

Daddylessons Summary: He discovered gravity while staying at home after his school shut down due to what? You guessed it, a pandemic. Go figure!

Justin Timberlake Angers Parents With ’24-Hour Parenting Is Just Not Human’ Complaint Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Daddylessons Summary: Justin Timberlake is hilarious, plus, he and I share a birthday, and people need to calm down. Who hasn’t needed a break from parenting from time to time? That’s why to me, stay at home mom’s, are saints! Watch the video and decide for yourself.

Thoughtful Parenting: Online School Survival Tips

Daddylessons Summary: Quick read, practical tips focused on goals and accountability. What’s not to like?

Upstate Fatherhood Coalition holds curbside distribution of free parent/child activity packs

Daddylessons Summary: Any time we see awesome dads or awesome fatherhood, we will do our best to share it. Shout out to the Upstate Fatherhood Coalition for stepping up and doing great work!

Parenting and working from home during coronavirus

Daddylessons Summary: Good thoughts here on the struggle most of us are experiencing right now. Favorite part is that “I don’t want our family to just survive this time. I want us to figure out how we’re going to thrive…” Mmmm…that’s good.

Living With Children: The problem with ‘parenting’

Daddylessons Summary: Comes down with a harsh tone, but he’s not all wrong here. Though, I’d say there’s a bit more room for a gentle, loving way to go about it, and maybe he would agree.

Dad Builds Backyard Ski Lift After Easter Trip Cancellation Over Coronavirus

Daddylessons Summary: Oh, ya know, just a British dad being awesome…CHEERIO!

How Four-Way Wins Can Improve Your Parenting Leadership

Daddylessons Summary: Interesting perspective on taking approaches we use in our working lives and applying them to our home life.

Pediatrician’s advice for dealing with parenting stress during stay-home order

Daddylessons Summary: Short, practical tips for parents for dealing with stress in the midst of all this…..crazy.

Behavioral health expert gives advice on trying to be both teacher and parent

Daddylessons Summary: Some interesting strategies here. Basically, we’re all just trying to figure out how parenting, teaching, and working from home 24/7 can work for us.

“When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.”

Mark Twain

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