Letting Go of My “Should”

I live with my wife & three wonderful children in a beautiful old farmhouse built in 1914. As with any structure over a century old, our house requires constant, loving maintenance. This was the case with our mudroom last summer. My father-in-law and I spent last summer lifting the mudroom off the rotten wooden block…

Bookshelf Souvenirs

Time passes so quickly, especially the older we get. I regularly watch my two-year-old daughter and five-year-old son grow into someone they weren’t just a few short months prior, or even a few short weeks prior. It happens frequently that my wife, Natalie, and I will ask our kids, “Did you grow last night?” not…

Travel Baseball in Reno: A Reno Dads Guide

[updated for 2023] Reno Dads receives a bunch of questions asking about Reno travel baseball after reading our Reno Dads Guide to Youth Baseball. If you are looking to start out in youth baseball, check out that guide first as this guide is the next step. If you are disappointed that your Spring season is…

Q&A with Floss Dental

We all know that it’s a good idea to help your child have clean and healthy teeth, but it may be difficult to know when to start taking them to the dentist or how to help them form the best dental habits while they’re growing up. And let’s be honest, it’s not always the easiest…

20 Questions to Ask Your Kid Instead of “How Was Your Day?

“How was your day?” “Fine.” Good talk. Let’s do it again tomorrow. If you’re like me, you come home and ask your son or daughter the standard question: “How was your day?” If your child is like mine, you get the polite but monosyllabic response: “Fine.” But, we can’t be satisfied with this. I don’t know about…

Reno Dads Podcast Episode 29: Hope Means Nevada

As Suicide Awareness and Prevention Month came to a close at the end of September, Reno Dads hosted a conversation with some Nevadans who are raising awareness about teen and youth suicide and working with local resources to help teens and their loved ones find information and learn how to talk to each other about…

Reno Dads Podcast Episode 28: Healthy Dads, Healthy Families

We were excited to host a few awesome local dads for our latest episode. Rick and Brandon, from Family First Chiropractic, stopped by to talk about an important topic that they have dedicated their practice to helping dads (and families) with: their health. We hope you’ll take a few minutes to have a listen! Rick…

The Long Journey to Baby Charlotte

To many couples, when their baby reaches that 6 month mark it is small celebration for making it half way through their first year of life as a family.  For my wife, Morgan, and I, it was likely more of a sigh of relief before the celebrating.  To say we had a trying time starting…

How first-time dads maximize their child’s health

Just about the first piece of wisdom that every first-time dad hears from someone — a friend, a co-worker, an older relative — is that newborns don’t come with instruction manuals. It’s true. As much as we’d all love babies to come with a link to a PDF instruction manual in multiplelanguages, dads can follow…

Your Kid and Gambling: What to Know and Teach Them about Risk-Taking

You might have experienced your heart jumping into your throat as you witnessed your kid jump from the coffee table to the couch in an Evel Knievel-style stunt – exciting and risky activities can be very appealing to kids.  Because kids don’t always understand or fully acknowledge the impact of their decisions and actions, risk-taking…

2021 Map of the Best Christmas Lights in Reno/Sparks

HEAD TO THE UPDATED 2022 PAGE If you’re looking for the best Christmas light displays in the Reno/Sparks area, look no further. Below is a map to help guide you from neighborhood to neighborhood and show you the houses in Reno and Sparks you shouldn’t miss this year! It features more houses than any other…

Girl Dad

I’m hesitant to admit this in public, but 2020 was a great year for me and my family. The world was, and still is, neck-deep in a pandemic; many lost their jobs; many lost their lives. I am not blind to the pain I witnessed in so many. Amongst all that pain, however, there were…