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You can either be your kids' first supporter or their first hater. Learning to give proper feedback and criticism without cutting them to pieces is key. Dads want to be tough and honest with our kids. Makes perfect sense. You can do it without being a jerk, dads. Check out…

When people talk about “parenting,” movies rarely come up as the source of inspiration and guide. I’m here to tell you to reconsider. Storytelling already comes naturally to us. We start and end our days with conversations. Films are no different, albeit packaged differently. We do this because stories stick—we…

They can shoot a basketball with decent form. They throw and catch a football (often better than most boys). They can write with power and vulnerability, step on stage, and share their truth with a room full of people. They can draw, paint, shoot, and edit. I’ll stop there. They…

I let my kid, F%@$*& Cuss In fact, I even encourage them to do it, but there is a method to my madness We had a really strict rule in that cursing in my family's home when I was young. Parents were really strict about it, insisted on it and…

Hearing my father vomit in the toilet after a long night of drinking is a memory I will have eternally etched in my mind. I wondered why anyone would drink so much that they would eventually have to throw up. It made no sense. I couldn’t sleep those nights, feeling…

"You have permission to not write. But you don't have permission to do anything else." Neil Gaiman Virtually everyone author that we admire struggles to write. Almost everyone author that we admire struggles to write. Yet they still push themselves. How? Listen to the podcast where I share Neil Gaiman's…

As a young father, I came across so many individuals who despised their family and family name. I found this heartbreaking. I had to change that with my daughters. If I could instill a sense of pride in being an Aguirre, then many other lessons would be easier to teach.…

How I Taught My Daughters About Money & to Practice Safe Debt 00:05 Intro: Why Teaching Our Children to Practice Safe Debt is Vital 01:19 Feeling Validation of the Lessons Taught 02:00 What Specific Methods Did I Use to Teach Them About Money 02:53 Cash Flow for Kids Game 05:00…

#Girldad started trending and became cool. But showing up is more than hashtags and feeling good about ourselves. It requires us to grow up and man up. Let's talk about some of the awkward conversations we need to start having with our daughters early on. Read the full essay on…

I became acutely aware of what the term "daddy issues" meant as I started dating after my divorce. I had a ton of them. This fact is apparent to anyone who has read my writing for any length of time. The women that I dated had their daddy issues as…

My daughter performs one of her recent poems written for her nephew, my godson. Enjoy.