Tag: dad
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The secret of life is learning to find the rhythm in the routine
I’d hit my rhythm. Quality time. Morning walks are an essential part of this. They don’t always happen or even happen at the same time, but they do always produce a beating heart that seems more tuned into the life I want to live.
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The close shave that brought me & my teenage son together
His mom had procured him a four blade swivel razor, like something out of Star Wars. He scrapes his chin and another being emerges.
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The life-lesson I learned from my dad on the tennis court
NO. This cannot be happening. What is he wearing? Is he joking! How could he come to school. My school. My high school. In those clothes. I wanted that green surface to open up and swallow me with tennis racket and all.
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A postcard from home is love in its purest form
When my children, aged 14 and 11, left with their mother to stay in Germany for a year, it was always going to be hard, for all of us. The children had just spent four months in my solitary care, and my house is now very quiet and empty, although littered with the evidence of…
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The Sheer Joy of Watching My Daughter Learn to Fly
I watch, support and learn where I can, having recognised many years ago that despite calling her ‘our girl’ or ‘my daughter’, these children do not belong to me. I am simply privileged to care for them until they fly away one day.
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I Don’t Want to be the Dad Who Went Missing in Action
Aah, the complexities of the modern family. Being divorced – pretty happily, most of the time, but sometimes nostalgically too – means I see much less of my children than I’d like, or perhaps they’d like.
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The Lessons I Learned About Rugby & Life From My Number One Fan
Looking back at his dad’s unwillingness to accept anything less than the best from his son, there is a message that echoes down the generations, from player to coach to ref to the ultimate sporting fan…dad. By Sean O’Connor
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The 5 crucial commitments of all great dads
A father is his son’s first hero and his daughter’s first romance the most important man in their lives. Yet being a great father doesn’t just happen. It’s a conscious choice, writes Craig Wilkinson
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I’m not babysitting, please, I’m parenting!
The best gift a father can give his children is his presence. So why do some people still think it’s unusual for dad to look after his kids when mom isn’t around? By Kojo Baffoe