Simply for Dads, Raising daughters

Teenage years. All new 52 “Age 13 (Grade Eight)” articles

Buckle up and keep all hands and feet inside the moving cart. You ain’t seen nothing yet.

Dad’s toolkit

  1. Nurturing my inner Hulk
  2. The value of male friendships
  3. Would I do it all over again?
  4. My life’s a dumpster fire!
  5. My bitch face
  6. The middle-aged Adonis
  7. I never wished to be a single dad
  8. She’s remaking my wardrobe
  9. The older I get, the more I hate people
  10. The phone became a new family member
  11. The great toy purge
  12. Access your inner calm
  13. The lonely life of the single-dad of a teenage-girl (I)
  14. Dads and teens: square peg and round hole?

Behavior & boundaries

  1. Not the fashion runway to trip over
  2. Girls and makeup
  3. Am I inadvertently raising a narcissist?
  4. The positivity of No
  5. “I was wondering if I could…”
  6. I had a cigar with my daughter

Learning

  1. “Why are people staring at me?”
  2. The people on your bus gets on and off
  3. The birds and the bees (Part 14): Sex, drugs & rock n’ roll
  4. The end is only a beginning
  5. The day the music died (II)
  6. The academic pressure I place on my daughter
  7. The fear of public speaking

Social

  1. You probably haven’t met your best friends yet
  2. Karen’s, Becky’s and Stacy’s, oh my!
  3. Her first night out
  4. Dress shopping isn’t just about the dress
  5. Your friendship must survive strong winds
  6. Racism in our face
  7. Making someone happy
  8. Don’t hate the boys
  9. Don’t ruin my bromance
  10. She really is clueless
  11. Baring skin
  12. It’s not just a prom dress
  13. Are we having the dating conversation?
  14. Forget the ABC’s of dating, here are my C, D and E’s

Emotional

  1. Surf into adolescence
  2. Preparing for high school

Physical

  1. Explaining death (Part 8): Euthanasia
  2. Explaining death (Part 9): Mourning
  3. Explaining death (Part 10): Death of a matriarch
  4. Dad, have I stopped growing?
  5. Dad, can I get a belly button ring?

The ex-wife

  1. Truth and reconciliation
  2. Clash of titans
  3. Why are mother/daughter relationships so volatile?
  4. I’ll go to battle for you, but it’s your war

 

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