Discipline in Young Men

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The 11pm kitchen shift is where your daughter talks

Your teenage daughter won't open up on your schedule, so build a week where she can open up on hers.

GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

Put Your Daughter On The Calendar Before Her Friends Do

A standing hour with your daughter isn't sentimental. It's the cheapest way to show her what a man's full attention actually looks like.

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GuideBe a ManMarcus Vale22 Sept 20265 min

How to keep your temper when it actually costs you something

Losing it's rarely about the thing in front of you. The fix is mostly decisions you make long before the moment arrives.

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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.

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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.

GuideBe a ManMarcus Vale22 Sept 20265 min

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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GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

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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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideDadsMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

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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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.

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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.

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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Be a Man6 min

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

Dads6 min

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

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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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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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