Reminder: Mother's Day is Tomorrow!

Scroll down for a roundup of the hilarious parenting content from the week, guaranteed to make you smile, if not laugh out loud. And the odd helpful tip.

Happy Saturday Dads!

We’re going to start off this week with an admission of guilt.

Unfortunately, contrary to popular opinion, the makers of For Dads are not the picture of parenting perfection. And on this occasion, we happen to be very firmly sitting in the dog house.

Had we not decided to launch a public newsletter proclaiming to be the saviour of forgetful dads everywhere, then we’d probably be forgiven the occasional missed Mother’s Day…but alas, not this year.

It turns out, an invitation to Twickenham this weekend was just too appealing to turn down! 😬

We hope you all have a more successful Mother’s Day!

Coming up this week…

• Do you have a favourite child?

• Your toddler activity list

• Recipe of the week

• Bradley Cooper talks about struggling to bond with your baby

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 when it finally comes.

Fred @ For Dads

(a fellow dad of 2)

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👀 As seen on Insta

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.

• When the kids play “Follow the Leader” too literally

• If there was a Parenting World Championship, this dad would win!

• Cluedo but in real life

Follow us on Instagram to enjoy many more each day.

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🔢 It’s all in the numbers

Do you have a favourite child? Go on, you can tell us. We promise we won’t tell.

“Absolutely not!” You’re thinking. Well, it turns out 70% of dads in the UK do show signs of favouritism to one of their children over the others. Though, unsurprisingly, when surveyed directly only 10% actually admitted to this openly.

And interestingly, whilst 4 out of 5 of us have grown up believing our sibling receives preferential treatment, most people incorrectly guess at who the favourite child is in their family.

Do you have a sibling? If so, who do you reckon your parents prefer?

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⚒️ Try this

Tired of doing the same old things and lacking inspiration for entertaining your kids each weekend?

We found this “Family Bucket List” scratch poster and think it could be perfect for engaging our little ones.

Click here to find out more.

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💻 Dad hack of the week

Are you even a dad if you haven’t searched for innovative ways to take a nap whilst simultaneously entertaining your baby?

Link here.

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🍽️ Recipe of the week

Pining for a naughty snack and too lazy to visit the shops? This is your answer, and we think it’ll probably keep your kids busy for 20 mins too.

@reallittlemeals

Recipe: 4 INGREDIENT BROWNIE COOKIES

🍌 1x banana

🥜 1x tbsp peanut butter

🍫 50g of cocoa powder

🍫 a handful of chocolate chips

Instructions:

Mash your bananas and mix together the remaining ingredients. Bake them in a preheated oven (175 degrees) for 13 mins.

Full recipe here.

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⭐ How the stars do it

Bradley Cooper recently opened up about his experience bonding with his daughter.

“The first eight months - I don’t even know if I really love the kid.”

“And then all of a sudden, it’s like no question.”

Link here.

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Upcoming dates that it might be worth having up your sleeve:

Mother’s Day | tomorrow! It’s likely too late to be planning some enormous grand gesture if you’ve only just clocked this. But don’t worry, it turns out some mums only need one thing to keep them happy…sleep!

Avoid our mistake of being away on Mother’s Day morning and give your missus a-lie. (Meanwhile, we’ll be desperately Googling the best flower shops to stop in at on the route home from London…)

Link here.

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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.

Did you hear about that restaurant on the moon?

Great food; no atmosphere.

source: @loganlisle

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