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I spy with my little eye… Phonics Fun. ‘I spy with my little eye… something beginning with s!’ ‘Sky?’ ‘No.’ ‘Sun?’ ‘No.’ ‘Sock?’ ‘No.’ ‘Sunglasses?’ ‘No.’ ‘Oooh sweetheart you have really been thinking hard… I wonder what it could be!’ ‘You’ll never guess mummy, you’ll never guess!’ ‘Ok then tell me… you clever little sausage, you!’ ‘Car!!’ ‘Sorry?’ ‘Car mummy car!’ ‘Oh… you’re right sweetheart, I never would have guessed.’ Does this sound familiar? I spy is almost a right of passage through childhood isn’t it. A well-loved classic but my word those early days… Read More »I spy with my little eye… Phonics Fun – Guest Blog Post

Stay at home dad. So, this is it. My time to take over the reins and become the main carer to my daughter is nearly upon me. My wife returns to full time teaching in a few days’ time after nine months of maternity leave. I took the decision to resign from my job a few months back after we did some research into possible childcare options and discovered that a nursery place would, for our 8-month-old in central London, be more than our rent! This would leave us with only a little bit of… Read More »Stay at home dad – Guest Blog Post

Power of positivity for children. Now life is difficult, we all have our own issues and problems which mount up and suck happiness/positivity out of us. Bills, work, health, cars, friends, partners and yes even our children. These are sources of friction, day after day, week after week they can grind us down. We can take frustrations out on those close to us. I remember a time quite vividly where my boy Ethan was following me around the house, after a long day in the office, he was excited about a toy he wanted. I… Read More »Power of positivity for children – Guest Blog Post

My Open Letter To All Dads Who Are Suffering. A lot of people ask me if I could give dads out there some advice, what would I say? What advice would I give? Well, what if I could talk to all dads at once. So here goes. Dear suffering Dad, First of all, I would like to say well done for coming this far to even have found my blog post. You have made the first few steps. The first few steps are hardest, trust me I’ve been there. I can’t tell you how you are… Read More »My Open Letter To All Dads Who Are Suffering – Guest Blog Post

Fathering the fatherless. When men turn 40, it is traditional to have a midlife crisis. Some men start going to the gym and wearing age inappropriate clothes. Others get gripped by a malaise and a mourning for their lost youth. I decided to become a foster carer. More accurately, my wife suggested we explore the possibility of becoming a foster family. Our birth children were 5 and 7, and although I am biased, they are really rather fantastic kids. They tick the academic and sport boxes, and more importantly are very sociable, biddable, and yet… Read More »Fathering The Fatherless

New Beginnings and New Challenges If you’re reading this, first off, well done, and if you’ve already got rug rats this won’t be new information but if you don’t, here it comes: It’s going to get a lot better, but before that, oh dear lord is it going to get worse! Finding out you’re going to become a Dad can come in a number of forms: completely out of the blue, as a massive relief, the news you definitely didn’t want to receive, and on occasion, weirdly cryptic. Like when your ‘co-copulant’ approaches you with… Read More »New Beginnings and New Challenges

Become a thisdadcan.co.uk contributor Read our blog, now want to be a contributor at thisdadcan.co.uk? Join our community of guest bloggers. thisdadcan.co.uk/blog is a blogger’s community. Being a community blog, we always encourage upcoming bloggers to contribute an original article related to the topic of our blog, in order to showcase themselves in front of a wide audience. The purpose here is to help you to reach out to a new audience base, share your experience, and perhaps most importantly, give something back. Blogging is a great way to help others who are soon to embark on some… Read More »Become a thisdadcan.co.uk contributor