diaryofthedad

I love spending time in the kitchen, and I’ve found that cooking with my children is one of the most rewarding experiences we can share. Not only does it provide quality bonding time, but it also equips them with essential life skills and builds a healthy relationship with food.

But when is the right time to start, and how should you approach it at different ages?

The first proper wage packet can make a teenager feel rich. After years of relying on pocket money and birthday cash, they suddenly have money arriving every month that feels entirely their own.

From a parent’s point of view, things may look slightly different. The food bill has not disappeared, nor have the electricity, heating, broadband or the many other costs invol...

You’re out charity shopping with your kid when you spot a vintage board game for £3. Before you know it, you launch into a 20-minute speech about inflation, depreciation and why “money doesn’t grow on trees.” Meanwhile, your child is eyeing the door. It’s the classic British dad dilemma where you want to embrace snagging pre-loved treasures from nonprofit shops without soundi...

When your child announces they want to play rugby, it’s perfectly possible to feel pleased and worried at the same time. Fresh air, teammates and something to do that doesn’t involve a screen? Lovely. Watching them get tackled? Slightly less relaxing.

As a dad who coaches under-7s rugby, I’m certainly not going to tell you the sport has nothing to offer. But “it never ...

If you are a dad, you already know that the morning school run is an extreme sport that requires the logistical precision of a military operation. Between locating inexplicably missing shoes, attempting to make presentable toast, mediating sibling arguments over who gets to sit in the front seat, and trying to get everyone out of the front door before the bell rings, it is us...