Dads and kids

Musings: Stop saying my partner is ‘minding’ our kids – he’s parenting them

Musings: Stop saying my partner is ‘minding’ our kids – he’s parenting them

“Is dad babysitting the children for you?” It’s something I’ve heard more times than I can count when I’ve gone on a night out, and I’m not the only mum. No, my partner is not babysitting, he’s just simply continuing to be a parent in my absence. Funnily enough, when I’m parenting solo it’s never […]

4 years ago

Modern dads spend three times more time with their kids than other generations

Modern dads spend three times more time with their kids than other generations

This is brilliant. Recent research shows that dads today spend more time on average with their children than any other generation of fathers. In fact, it was found that statistically modern fathers spend up to three times more time interacting with their children. Parenting roles have changed a lot over the last couple of decades […]

7 years ago

Dad Says ‘Don’t Let Anyone With Coldsores Kiss Your Baby’

Dad Says ‘Don’t Let Anyone With Coldsores Kiss Your Baby’

Dublin dad Adam Vickery had a stark warning for his friends and family on Facebook this week. On Thursday lunchtime last week, his five-month old son Logan was a happy and healthy baby. By Friday night, Adam and his wife Karla were in hospital with a suddenly very sick boy. The diagnosis? Logan had contracted […]

11 years ago

Watch: The Best Dad And Baby Dubsmash Videos Of All Time!

Watch: The Best Dad And Baby Dubsmash Videos Of All Time!

Happy Valentine’s Day!  This awesome dad may have just won the internet. He spent all of 2015 making hilarious Dubsmash videos of him and his baby son to send to his wife at work. They range from The Lion King, to Adele, The Crocodile Hunter, Harry Potter and everything in between but are so cleverly […]

11 years ago