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Youngest is very much in the terrible twos stage at the moment. Her defiance is something else. She has clearly obtained a plethora of tactics from her brothers but deploys them in a way that is very much her own. She remains a lovely, thoughtful girl most of the time but is going through a barrier-pushing ...
The fact that the largely decent weather we've been enjoying lately hasn't gone anywhere prompted me to make a major realisation. Summer is definitely here now. And, more to the point, I wasn't ready for it. Working both for myself and from home, it can be easy to let standards slip. I prioritise my family and work - in that ...
Here's a final reminder that Father's Day is on Sunday! There's not long left to sort out a token of appreciation for your dad. The good news is that, according to research by Royal Mail, it's the simple things that matter. Yes, while myth has it that dads are difficult to buy for, the story is ...
Last week, I wrote a post about what appeared to be a bronze age discovery in our back garden. It turned out to be a manhole cover that a previous owner had seen fit to bury under the lawn. And what does every blog post about a surprise manhole cover need? Why, a sequel, of course! ...
They say that the camera never lies but this picture definitely only tells half a story! We were at my parents' house earlier in the week when the toddler demonstrated the fact that she's truly embracing the terrible twos. You know the kind of tantrum. She was tired but refusing to accept it. The yells of ...
With Father's Day on the horizon, lists of the most important 'dad skills' are doing the rounds. With over seven years of blogging under my belt, I've seen a lot of these. And I really wish they weren't a thing. I can see why people make these lists as marketing tools, of course. Society is slowly starting ...
As a parent blogger, I receive a lot of press releases about kids' books. One that arrived recently really stood out. At first for good reasons and then quite the opposite. The book in question features rhyming verse and colourful illustrations about fathers looking after their kids. "Brilliant!" I thought. "A title that celebrates hands-on dads!" ...
We've been watching the latest series of Westworld and Humans lately. If you haven't seen either show, they share a common theme. That of robots developing minds of their own. The sci-fi genre has a pretty good track record of predicting future technological developments, so should we be worried? Will the machines rise up against us ...
We recently celebrated eight years living in our house. I say 'celebrated'. Commiserated would be a better word. That's not to say we don't like our house. On the contrary. It's a lovely character property and I'll be genuinely saddened if we ever move out. It's just that, since we moved in, we've had no end of ...
We spent a happy day at Drusillas this week. As well as enjoying seeing all the animals and going on the rides, the kids had a great time in the adventure playground. The six-year-old has loved climbing things since before he could walk properly. So it was no surprise to see him heading straight to the ...
I'm Tom Briggs. A proud dad of three and, somehow or other, a multi-award-winning parent blogger.
I've been writing Diary of the Dad since 2010 and it's gone from a small hobby to my full-time job.
I still have the same enthusiasm for this blog as I did when I wrote my first post and hope you enjoy reading my musings as much as I do writing them.
