Adlai and I have started a little tradition. It is mostly born out of his obsession with his “bike
I come in, put my bike away, kiss my lovely wife, and out Adlai and I go. Sometimes we go to the park, sometimes to the shop. I let him choose. When we walk out our front door, I say, “Left or right?
On mile 23 of the London Marathon I was overtaken by a giant chicken. Let's just say, it was a low point… Looking back on my London Marathon ‘success’ I can only assume it was someone dressed up in a costume or perhaps some kind of hallucination. The lactic acid build...
So, last weekend I electrocuted myself... No, I haven’t adopted a weird new hobby, or fallen in with the wrong crowd. I was just doing a bit of DIY. Or trying to. You may remember that Faith and I bought our first house about 18 months ago. I’m in my mid-30s,...
As we stood admiring a burning effigy of Guy Fawkes I thought it would be funny to ask my six-year-old son what Bonfire Night was all about… I assumed I’d get some random answers to what is a bizarre celebration. Unfortunately, the primary education system has...
If you're anything like us you'll half-dread the school holidays, because kids are not great at entertaining themselves (if you've got a child who takes themselves off for hours quietly to make something out of Lego, hats off to you). School holiday activities ideas...
“How often do you see your kids since your divorce?” “How many nights a week am I entitled to have my children over?” “Is spending every other weekend with my child enough?” These are questions that come up time and time again from dads in our forum. They want to...
As adults we are well aware that being in an unhealthy relationship can negatively affect our wellbeing. So naturally, we want our children to enjoy healthy relationships, where they feel secure and supported. But this can feel tricky to navigate, if our own childhood...
