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May 16
4 min

Is mental health awareness week just valentine's day for the mind!

This week is mental health awareness week, I think mental health awareness week is a bit like valentine's day. To paraphrase the words of...

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Mar 17
3 min

Jammie Dodger anyone?

Fear not! Lockdown boredom is over! If you've been anything like us over lockdown, you've probably reached your peak when it comes to...

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Mar 12
2 min

Raising boys to care!

Not our usual comedy/motivational type of post but as dads talking to other dads I think it's an important discussion to have. The...

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Jan 26
4 min

Special Guest Tai Woffinden.

This week we were lucky enough to have 3x world champion speedway rider Tai Woffinden on the podcast to discuss his life as a parent, his...

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Welcome our latest sponsor - Silverback CBD

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Jan 18
3 min

Welcome our latest sponsor - Silverback CBD

We've been approached by a few sponsors over the last year, we always turned them down, reason being we didn't want to become that...

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Parenthood: where did all my friends go?

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Jan 17
6 min

Parenthood: where did all my friends go?

A strange thing happens when you announce that you and your partner are going to be having a baby, the people you least expected to care...

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How to keep your sanity during Lockdown.

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Jan 6
3 min

How to keep your sanity during Lockdown.

Whether you're a parent, or not, lockdown can test us all in a number of ways, and it's impact is often felt most when it comes to our...

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Dec 30, 2020
2 min

New Years Eve 2020 lockdown ideas.

As most of the country is in tier 4 this new year's eve, and quite frankly most of the world is locked down, things may be a little...

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Dec 4, 2020
1 min

Elf on the shelf ideas!

That Naughty little elf on a shelf can only mean it's time for Christmas, and another 25 days of trying to come up with ideas on where to...

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Nov 19, 2020
4 min

Happy International Men's day!

This International Men's day I think it's important to acknowledge the struggles men are having, in terms of mental health which in large...

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Parenting Book Review: Mum's the Word by Rebecca Oxtoby

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Nov 9, 2020
5 min

Parenting Book Review: Mum's the Word by Rebecca Oxtoby

In this latest blog, we get to interview the lovely Rebecca Oxtoby. As a new parent, it becomes clear pretty quickly that there's no...

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Oct 30, 2020
2 min

Best Halloween ideas for kids in 2020.

2020 has been a strange year for us all, we've had to face some pretty strange times, with COVID and the lockdown that has followed. So...

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Terrible tantrums, and how to deal with them!

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Oct 11, 2020
3 min

Terrible tantrums, and how to deal with them!

Mood swings, irrational anger, lashing out, emotional outbursts, growth spurts, these are the side effects of taking anabolic steroids!...

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Oct 2, 2020
1 min

Competition time!!

This week we launched our new competition. We wanted to celebrate the launch of our new YouTube channel, as well as give something back...

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Sep 4, 2020
4 min

The importance of being idle.

You've got to nourish to flourish! The title of this post is named after a song written by one of my favourite bands, and although the...

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Things no one tells you about being a Dad!

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Aug 18, 2020
6 min

Things no one tells you about being a Dad!

When myself and Ben started Lads to Dads, we were both new to the parenting game, and if we're honest with ourselves it was a world as...

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Aug 11, 2020
2 min

Lads in Paris

We haven't always been just some small person's Dad. There was a time when people knew us as Ben or Matt. And just like the podcast...

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Aug 5, 2020
4 min

A Dad joke too far.....

The day your child is born is a life changing day for everyone involved, not only because you've now become a proper adult, who has to...

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Aug 3, 2020
3 min

Call that a Dad Bod??!!!

Zac Efron you have a lot of work to do as far as dad bods go! A Dad bod is not just built in a couple of weeks by eating a few McDonald's...

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Jul 29, 2020
2 min

Honeymoon holiday with the kids.

First of all, I know me and my wife are going to hell for having children out of wedlock but I was bullied into it ( very easily...

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