Youth Baseball and Softball in Reno [Updated for 2025] It’s that time of year again when registration for spring youth sports are opening up and parents all over Reno are clearing their calendars for baseball, softball, soccer, and every other sport hosting spring leagues. With so many options, we wanted to compile a list of…
Category: Kid Stuff
Let’s talk about those things that affect your kids on a day to day basis – food, toys, technology and books. We’ll try to give our best evaluation of what’s out there so you feel informed to make decisions as a father.
Dairy Dad
I’m a dairy dad. By that, I mean that I love dairy. I’m not sure a day goes by when I’m not enjoying cheese, yogurt, milk or my absolute favorite… ice cream (you won’t believe my obsession with ice cream). And, we’re a dairy household – some of our favorite foods incorporate dairy and my…
Games Worth Playing
My daughter is a senior in high school now, and everything that she does this year seems to be taking on a whole new significance as the school year rushes headlong through her final semester at home. This year is seemingly full of a lot of “lasts,” which, by any measure, makes this an emotional…
Food Roll-Up
We’ve talked a lot about food in the past. As a parent, figuring out 3 meals a day for your kids is a never-ending endeavor, often fraught with the dramatics of “I don’t like that!” So, here are a handful of Reno Dads articles for all you dads that are on the journey of feeding…
Youth Football and Cheerleading – A Reno Dads Guide
Youth Football and Cheerleading – A Reno Dads Guide – Updated for 2023 It’s that time of year again when registration for youth sports is flourishing and parents all over Reno are clearing their calendars for baseball, softball, football, cheerleading, soccer, and every other sport hosting spring and summer leagues. With so many options, we…
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…
Reno Dads Guide to Youth Baseball and Softball in Reno – 2023
Youth Baseball and Softball in Reno [Updated for 2023] It’s that time of year again when registration for spring youth sports are opening up and parents all over Reno are clearing their calendars for baseball, softball, soccer, and every other sport hosting spring leagues. With so many options, we wanted to compile a list of…
Reno Dads Podcast Episode 30: My Family Connection
Reno Dads invited Family Coach and Advocate, Charitie Carpenter, into the studio to talk about her approach to helping families navigate some of the trickiest parts of being parents. Her company, My Family Connection, is a resource for families to find help with everything from solving co-parenting issues, to managing Individual Education Plans (IEPs) for…
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…
Reno Dads Guide to Youth Baseball and Softball in Reno
Youth Baseball and Softball in Reno [Updated for 2022]It’s that time of year again when registration for spring youth sports are opening up and parents all over Reno are clearing their calendars for baseball, softball, soccer, and every other sport hosting spring leagues. With so many options, we wanted to compile a list of community…
Slug Bug Game: Teaching Kids Area Familiarization – A CIA Officer’s Guide to Protecting Your Family
Area Familiarization 101 Area Familiarization, or AreaFam, is another one of those terms spies, military folk, and police officers toss around regularly that the Reno Dads are borrowing to continue to educate our readership on protecting their families. Much like situational awareness and surveillance detection, area familiarization is another technique that can save your life and…