7 lies you will definitely tell your kids
A roundup of the hilarious parenting content from the week, guaranteed to make you smile, if not laugh out loud. Plus the odd helpful tips.
Happy Saturday Dads!
Here’s an unpopular opinion: parenting becomes easier at Christmas.
Honestly, if I could use the “well, if you don’t want Father Christmas to visit…” line 12 months a year, parenting would be a breeze.
I wonder whether the Easter Bunny works quite as well? If it does, we’re using that from Boxing Day onwards. 🤔
Coming up this week…
7 white lies you will tell your kids
What is “the mental load”?
Recipe of the week
Ben Affleck on teaching his son the important things in life
As always, if you enjoyed this week’s edition and think you might know someone else who would, please do share. We know how tough being a parent can be, and sometimes you just need a moment to laugh at some of the craziness.
Thanks for reading, and enjoy that beer once it finally comes.
Fred @
(a fellow dad of 2)
👀 As seen on Insta
The links below will take you to the relevant platform and you do not need an account to watch the videos; they are just a little light relief to make you smile on a Saturday morning.
🔢 It’s all in the numbers
Christmas: the season of lies…
Bah humbug!
Don’t worry, we’re all for Christmas, and as mentioned in the introduction, we’re definitely partial to a little white lie, especially if it gets your kids to do what you want!
But it did get us thinking about some of the whoppers our parents told us, that we’ll most definitely be using ourselves.
Let’s ignore the more obvious lies for now, such as the Easter Bunny and the nocturnal fairies suffering from a dental fetish, and focus on some of the smaller features from our childhood.
Here are just a few that got us all nostalgic.
Eating carrots will help you see in the dark
Crossing your eyes will result in them getting stuck that way
Ice cream trucks only play music when they’ve run out of ice cream
If you watch too much TV your eyes will go square
It’s bad luck not to name every single ant you ever see
The park is closed today
“That painting is AMAZING!”
Yep, we’re definitely going to be using a few of these.
🙏 They will thank you
This week we were told about the “mental load” often experienced by mothers, and seeing as this section is all about helping your other half, we felt it worth sharing.
Whether you’re an incredibly hands-on dad or not, here are just a few of the questions potentially keeping your partner up at night:
when should I start weaning our baby?
which nursery would make the most sense?
when do we need to start thinking about schools?
have we got enough clothes in the right size for our toddler?
have they taken their vitamin D today?
did I respond to that birthday invitation my toddler received at nursery?
We’re pretty sure you’re already Superdad, but if you want even more brownie points this Christmas and find most of the above generally lands on your partner’s plate, we’ve found that at the very least, acknowledging the work it takes to keep all these plates spinning is always appreciated.
And if you have capacity to take some of them on yourself, even better.
It certainly went down well at For Dads HQ!
Writing this also made us want to take a moment to shout out to all solo parenting dads. Anyone managing to raise their kids on their own whilst juggling all the above is an absolute hero! We’d love to hear from you if you’re keen to share your stories.
⚒️ Dad hack of the week
Not sure you’d find this in the Apple Store.
Link here.
🍽️ Recipe of the week
Recipe: NUTELLA-STUFFED PASTRY ‘GINGERBREAD’ MEN
🥟 1x sheet of ready rolled puff pastry
🍫 Nutella
🥚 Egg wash (just crack an egg into a bowl and whisk it up with a fork)
Full recipe here.
⭐ How the stars do it
There is an inevitable moment in any parent’s life when they have to sit their toddler down and talk them through the differences between girls and boys.
Jennifer Garner told Jimmy Kimmel about how ‘psyched’ Ben Affleck was to teach his son about the world.
"He loves his girls, but he’s serious about his son right now. So he taught him about his bits. He taught him about his P and two N’s.
Now, every time we pass a dog who’s walking on the street, or if we’re at a zoo or something, our poor little son is crouching down, looking up, and he’s like, ‘Mama, does that have a vagina or a penis and two nuts?’”
Link here.
🎄Festive dad
We always enjoy a bit of up-cycling and love this genius use of the old baby stair gate, especially if it keeps the tree intact.
Link here.
Upcoming dates that it might be worth having up your sleeve:
School Christmas Holidays | 18th Dec; good luck! 😬
National Robin Day | 21st Dec; refill the bird feeder and dance round the kitchen to “Rockin’ Robin”
Christmas Eve | 24th Dec; seriously, you’ve done your shopping right?
That’s it for this week folks.
Thanks again for reading, as always we leave you with one HILARIOUS joke to share with the family.
Why did Beethoven get rid of his chickens?
All they said was “Bach, Bach, Bach!”
source: rd.com
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