Discipline in Boys & Girls

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Your daughter should never have to audition for your attention

Love she can't locate is love she doesn't have. Here are the habits that make it findable, from age four to the week she leaves.

GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

She'll measure every man against your average Tuesday

Your daughter isn't grading your best day. She's building a standard out of how you talk to her mother, how you keep small promises, and how you handle a bad morning.

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Give me something to do with my kids this weekend

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Keeping your temper is a skill you can practise

Anger isn't the problem. The gap between feeling it and acting on it's where the whole thing is won or lost, and that gap can be trained.

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The first year after your kid moves out

The drive home is the worst hour. After that it's a slower job: shutting up, showing up, and working out what you do with Tuesdays now.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

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What your father will teach your kids that you can't

Drop them off, drive away, come back in four hours. Most of what follows is about why that works and what to do when it can't.

GuideBe a ManMarcus Vale22 Sept 20265 min

Keeping your temper is a skill, not a personality trait

The gap between what provokes you and what you do about it can be widened on purpose. Most men never try.

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GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

What a father should know before the first placement call

The assessment, the honeymoon that ends, the safe-care rules nobody warns you about, and why gratitude is the wrong thing to wait for.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

The stepfather's first two years

You don't get the title, the authority, or the benefit of the doubt. You get Tuesdays. Use them properly.

GuideBe a ManSam Ortiz22 Sept 20266 min

How to apologize so it actually counts

A real apology takes about twenty seconds and four parts. Most men have never been shown one, so they improvise, and the improvising is the problem.

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GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

Sit on your hands while your teenager learns to drive

The shouting isn't a discipline problem. It's a fear problem, and there are practical ways to keep it out of the car.

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GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

The year your son stops telling you things

He's not shutting you out on purpose. But the old ways of getting him to talk have stopped working, and the replacements aren't obvious.

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Where does your best time with your kids happen?

BRO TakeBe a ManMarcus Vale22 Sept 20265 min

Masculinity is a job description, not a personality

Both sides of the argument have turned it into a look. It was always a list of duties you either meet or don't.

GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

What a kid can actually do at five, eight, eleven and fourteen

Handing over chores costs you time for about three weeks. After that, it pays you back for the next decade.

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GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

The hardest player to coach will be your own kid

Playing time, the car ride home, and the handful of rules that stop one season from ending a sport your kid actually liked.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

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Losing your temper is a habit, and habits can be unlearned

Dads5 min

What to settle before you hand over the first phone

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Rehearse the raise conversation with me

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GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Don't go quiet when your daughter turns thirteen

She'll stop volunteering information somewhere around year nine. The lifts, the standards and the small habits that keep the line open.

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Most men have never given a real apology

The six parts of an apology that actually repairs something, the four counterfeits, and how to handle it when it isn't accepted.

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Where does your phone charge overnight?

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