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GuideCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Working nights doesn't mean you're an absent father

You get about twenty-five minutes between the driveway and the bus stop. Run that window well and the schedule stops winning.

GuideCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Your son won't outgrow the tone you use with his mother

The tone, the interruptions, the way you talk about her when she's out of the room. He's copying all of it, and he'll use it on his wife.

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GuideCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Start The Puberty Talk At Nine And Keep It Boring

The kid who knows what's coming isn't afraid of it. Ten minutes in the truck beats one grim lecture at thirteen.

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Your kid with ADHD doesn't need another lecture

He knows he's supposed to put his shoes on. Knowing was never the problem. Build the system, work the school, and keep your voice down.

Poll

Where does your best time with your kids happen?

GuideCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

The NICU Has A Job For You And Worrying Isn't It

Four pounds, a wall of alarms, and a dad with nothing to fix. Start at the sink, then show up for rounds.

BRO TakeCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Your kid should be able to sit in a waiting room

Boredom isn't a problem for you to solve. It's a skill, the first twenty minutes are ugly, and you're the one who has to hold the line.

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GuideCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

The first year after a diagnosis is mostly phone calls

Grief is real. So is the 45-day clock, the waitlist nobody put you on, and the half of the load your wife shouldn't be carrying alone.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

GuideCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Your Kid Doesn't Need A Tour Of Your Work, They Need A Shift

The visitor badge and the donut are a wasted day. Hand them a real task with a real standard, and let them watch somebody correct you.

GuideCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Your kid is being bullied and you've got about a week

A day-by-day plan for the first seven days: what to say, what to write down, what to ask the school for, and when it stops being a school matter.

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Give me something to do with my kids this weekend

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GuideCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Write the letters before you get on the plane

Most of what keeps a deployed dad connected to his kids gets built in the two weeks before he leaves, not over a satellite connection at 2am.

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GuideCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

The Homeschool Dad Job Description Nobody Hands You

You don't have to teach fractions at 10am. But you do have to own a subject, run the discipline, and keep the whole thing from eating your wife alive.

Poll

Where does your best time with your kids happen?

GuideCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

Take Her Somewhere That Opens At Six In The Morning

The father-daughter outings she'll still describe at twenty-five are rarely the expensive ones. They're the early ones, the odd ones, and the ones where she had a job.