Category Habits
Starting New Habits or Disciplines
The Men and Mental Health Blog features some curated content from online resources. This post originally appeared on the Tim Elmore website and was not written by Good Dads staff. Entering a new year is a natural time to…
3 Hopeful Habits in the Season of Gratitude
Marcus hopes he would get a deer this hunting season. Travis hopes he would get the promotion he’s been working to get. Damien hopes the holidays would go better this year than they have in the past. All three…
You Can’t Stick to Positive Habits in a Negative Environment: Lessons Learned from “Atomic Habits”
Habits give us a sense of control in our lives. They may give us confidence and help us feel normal. In many cases, we don’t even realize how ingrained our habits have become. Take, for example, the stories of three…
A Good Dad and the Power of Play
“The Power of Play” – that’s the theme for the Downtown Dads Spring Lunch Series. I’m very excited about this series for a number of reasons. Here a just a few: Dads tend to play with their children…
6 Ways to Foster a Sense of Creativity in Your Kids
School. Soccer practice. Homework. Dinner. Piano Recital. Bed. Repeat. Does some variation of this sound all too familiar? Intentionally or unintentionally, our Generation Z kids are enduring heavy schedules filled with highly scripted activities. This leaves little (if any) downtime…
Read Me a Story…
From the time they are very young, children often love nothing better than to have a parent read to them. It doesn’t matter how many times they’ve heard the same story, if they’re younger than three or four, they want…
“Read Me a Story. Read Me a Story, Daddy!”
From the time they are very young, children often love nothing better than to have a parent read to them. It doesn’t matter how many times they’ve heard the same story, if they’re younger than three or four, they want…
Three Lessons to Winning with Money for Kids
My wife and I teach our kids to do three things with money. We created three money containers for both of our girls that say – GIVE, SAVE, and SPEND. We feel the three lessons below are the foundation of…
“Please Don’t Repeat That!”
I think we have all been there, cruising along at a speed that is probably not recommended by the Highway Patrol, when another car comes out of nowhere causing us to slam on our brakes and utter some words that…