Surprise, Surprise....Continue

Hey, my fatherhood people. So I went and surprised my daughter at her rugby game. The look on her face was priceless. These are moments as a father that you will cherish and your daughter (or son) will never forget. That's why it's important to stay active in their activities. It builds their self-esteem. Makes them feel better about themselves. And normally some kids do tend to perform better knowing that their parents are out there to support them. Especially if the parent doesn't live with them like myself. Just remember to make the efforts because in the long run, it's well worth it all.

Surprises, Surprises.....

One thing that a child would appreciate is the fact that you really care and are supportive in what they do. It motivates them and it can carry on into their adulthood. As a single father, it's hard because you're not at home with your child to know what events they have going for themselves as far as sports teams that they are on or other things that they participate in. But it's our jobs as fathers to keep on point with that. Just because we don't live with the child is not an excuse to not be a part of it. I've found out that my daughter was having a rugby game this weekend. What I'm doing now is use my 'Element of Surprise'. I don't want to tell her that I was going, but got enough information to do a little research myself. So I got the address and stuff to go and surprise her because I knew that it was hard for her mother to show up because she has two younger children (my sons) to travel with. The best part was that it's not too far from me. So what I'm doing is going to get ready and make my 'surprise' entrance to see her reaction. I will give you all details as to how it went down. But it should be a very positive one at that....

Welcome to The Fatherhood Rules

Hello and welcome to my weekly blog which I call ‘The Fatherhood Rules’. Here, I’ll be posting up stuff every week just basically talking about fatherhood and just stuff that we as fathers can do with our kids. Whether it be advice on being a better father or just giving you guys some ideas who are single fathers like myself and have visitations like myself. Well I’m going to get into who I am right now. I’m 37, a divorced father of 3 young children ranging the ages 7-12 years. I do everything and anything for my kids and I would like to share some of what I do with you fathers out there and just give you the low down on stuff. Everyday I see something or think of something different that as a father I would love to do and I’ll be posting these insights on a weekly basis so I can hopefully help you all out. I’ve even written a book called ‘I’m A Dad, Not A Deadbeat: A Single Father’s First 12 Years’. Which gives you some more advice as to being a father. You can check out the book at Barnes and Noble.com or Amazon.com. But what I do on the blog is going to be different than the book. So you’ll get even extra than what I give in the book. I guess you could call this blog the Extended Edition to the book. Lol! But seriously fellas, come check out my blog every week and read what I have to offer and let’s show these mothers that we’re just as good as they are when it comes to the parent game. Let’s just go have fun with it. I’ll probably be posting my first post tomorrow because this will serve as my introduction. So this gives you all time to spread the word. Come on fathers out there, let’s do this. #thefatherhoodrules. Sean D.