What's up guys? Where do you go 4 Dadvice?

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Permalink Reply by daddaily on July 2, 2007 at 4:49am

Welcome! I would suggest that the best thing to do is look through the Daddy blogs out there. Some are more active than others.

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Permalink Reply by Redleg on November 6, 2007 at 4:48pm

I have four decision-support systems when it comes to Dad decisions

1. Dad
2. Older Brother
3. Picture of John Wayne (what would The Duke do?)
4. Magic Eight Ball

Beyond these, I just try to think of what the 'hard right' is, rather than the "easy wrong", and what the long term message/ramifications of my decision might be. How might my kid use inductive reasoning to apply this decision to other situations? What does my decision communicate about my values? What are the second and third-order effects of my decision (you can't play soccer today, so you get thrown off the team, so you never get to see your friend from the next town over anymore..)?

In the end, dad decisions are the same as any other decisions. It's just that we let our emotions complicate them

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Permalink Reply by Keith on November 9, 2007 at 8:19am

There are several sites out there for you man.. Just like this one.. Just don't be afraid to ask the questions that are on your mind.

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Permalink Reply by Mark G on November 12, 2007 at 11:33pm

Well, being a Christian I've found some really good books (besides The Book ) on being a dad that are Christian based. If your interested let me know.

I also have really started to talk to my dad about how he raised me. I used to feel I didn't want to bother him about this stuff but found he really likes it. So do I.

I also have a few friends who have kids the same age as mine and sharing thoughts and frustrations sometimes helps.

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Permalink Reply by Tony Chen on November 13, 2007 at 11:17pm

I just remember picking up some parenting magazines all excited to read 'em. But then, it was all about breastfeeding follies and hormones... there isn't much out there, but I'm hoping to change that... seems like books are the best way to go, but not all dads are readers or have time to read...

if ya'll are interested, I'm sponsoring a web survey just for dads... click here if you're interested... it'll take like 10 minutes.

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Permalink Reply by Daniel De Guia on March 25, 2008 at 11:57pm

I have to agree with Redleg: When I need advice about being a dad, i go to the best dad I know - My dad.

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Permalink Reply by Derek Semmler on March 30, 2008 at 12:39am

Likewise, one of the first places that I often turn is to ask my dad. Beyond that I will usually turn to the Interweb and either search on Google or visit a handful of the dad focused blogs that I have come across - or write a post about it on my own dad focused blog.

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Permalink Reply by Hugo Haruo Chikamori on July 14, 2009 at 9:38am

Derek, great idea.

I decided to start "blogging" on parenting because I spend a lot of time with my kids. I'm a SAHD (stay-at-home-dad) and writing about the stuff that I do with the kids occupies my time. I already have started blogs on photography and scale modeling two years ago. But I didn't start one about being a SAHD until just recently.

The link is in my profile. <-- shameless plug.

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Permalink Reply by Rob on July 20, 2009 at 4:04pm

Yep, my dad gets my call when I need Fatherly advice. Otherwise I use the fortune program available in Linux, it's more entertaining than a magic eight ball and sometimes actually gives decent advice

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