This year, for Father’s Day, I was asked by children’s dental hygiene brand Brush-Baby to write some pieces about the experience of being a dad. I jumped at the chance to talk about fatherhood – writing 4 ‘Dear Diary…’ columns that were published by the brand in the run up to the big day. IfContinue reading “Dear Diary…”
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Wonderful Unimole
Over the last few months I’ve been working with the team at Life’s Little Recipes on the launch of Unimole & Friends. Working alongside LLR’s founder, Fiona Thomas, I’ve had the pleasure of helping her to shape and tell some truly magical stories about a little mole who wants everyone to feel valued and loved.
Brush-Baby, celebrating a new age of fatherhood
It’s time to celebrate all the dads out there who are embracing a much more involved parenting role.
Insights on life as a Stay-at-home-dad
Watch what happened when Vicky Zuiderent and I discussed life as a stay-at-home-dad.
Dads no longer have to ‘bring home the bacon’
It’s so important that the way we view fathers, in our society, changes. If we are ever to have true equality between men and women in the workplace, the value and status we place upon those providing childcare needs to be transformed.
What dad REALLY wants for Father’s Day
What your dad really wants for Fathers Day, but was afraid to ask…
5 things every Stay-at-home-dad is sick of hearing…
As a SAHD, I’m beginning to feel like a Betamax owner in a VHS world – ask your mum. To be fair, I do try to be quite ‘zen’ about the stupidity I encounter daily from members of the public. But there’s only so much idiocy one man can take…
Isn’t it time to take bullying seriously?
Isn’t it time to take bullying seriously?
The Olden Days
I’ve started to sound like my dad, I even cough like him. Some say you spend the first decades of your life worrying you’ll turn into you father, and the the next decades worrying you won’t…
Specs, Hugs And Bacon Rolls: The Anatomy Of A Dad’s Birthday
Suddenly the lights go out, causing a frisson of excitement to run through the air and down your spine. Next, by pure magic, a flame flickers into existence. This spark warmly illuminates the faces of a gaggle of friends and family, whose grins are only bettered by your own. Then, just as suddenly, the drone of ’Happy Birthday to you…” begins, but nobody cares about the singing. Why? Because we’re all imagining how good the cake will taste.