Category: dadlife

  • What do you WANT???

    Parents, we have all experienced this scenario: your child walks up to you, starts mumbling something, keeps going on and on about nothing then points to a candy bar or a fruit snack or an ice cream bar, etc, etc, and then it hits you: they’re asking for something, but not being straight forward about…

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  • What makes a memorable Dad Moment? #PowerofDad #OralB

    As a dad there are days where you sit back, watch your kids run around and you think one of two things: “How did I get so lucky?” or “He/She is moving and got up off the floor, they’ll be ok”.  It’s little moments of reflection like these that start teaching us about what kind of fathers…

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  • Why I Teach.

    My little girl came to visit me one day. I’ve been writing a post titled “The Overwhelmed Dad” for a while now and I keep putting it to the side, because I don’t want to sound like I’m being whiney about being a dad.  While I keep going back and forth with this post, I…

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  • A Well Read Child.

    Being an English Major I can safely say that I enjoy reading almost about anything and I am pretty well-read in the classics.  For most of my courses I had to read a lot of stories: short, long, prose, and many books that I probably would have never known about.  One semester I took a…

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  • C2E2 with my Little Girl.

    With yesterday being Free Comic Book Day, it got me thinking about my experience this year at C2E2 with my little girl. Every year I usually go to Wizard World all weekend and geek out with my fellow comic book enthusiast. I plan my days, make list of what I want to buy and just…

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  • The Perfect Father’s Day Card

    Just in time for Father’s Day, Hallmark is releasing Star Wars Themed Video Greeting Cards. Being that this is going to be my first Father’s Day can I say that I want one of these! What would be cooler than opening one of these in the morning and seeing a small video of fatherly advice…

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  • The New Perk to Being a Dad or The Extra Gift.

    When we decided to start FanDads I started thinking of what type of content we could add to the site that would make it interesting and informative for other FanDads out there. I knew we would write about the things that we love: movies, comics, cartoons & video games, but what else can we add.…

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  • Genesis or Fandads: Origins

    “When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.” – 1 Corinthians 13:11 There are tons of inspirational quotes out there, just Google inspirational quotes or type in “words to live by” and…

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