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In my eight years of writing this blog, I've published regular rants about the media's representation of dads. And while I genuinely think that we're in the early stages of a cultural shift in thinking, it's agonisingly slow. Two news stories about dads caught my eye this week. They were opposite viewpoints of something very similar ...
We went to Rhymetime this morning. Or 'Mimetime' as it shall henceforth be known. Why? Well, youngest seems to think she's on an episode of Top of the Pops somewhere in the mid-1980s. She used to merrily sing along, but now just either keeps her mouth shut or pretends to sing. We have no idea why. She ...
My parents are moving house soon and we're really going to miss the place. They've lived there for 25 years, so it has been a happy home enjoyed by several generations. Yesterday, we went for the final barbecue in their lovely big garden and, of course, to enjoy the surroundings too. Youngest didn't need much persuading to ...
Last week, oldest came back from school wearing his autumn/winter PE kit. To cut a long story short, it was his class assembly, there were morning and afternoon performances as the hall is now too small for the increased intake the council has enforced on the school and the kids needed to be dressed in ...
Yesterday, I found myself in a radio studio for an appearance on BBC Five Live. It's not the first time I've been on that particular channel, but it was easily the most fun to date. I joined Lyndsey from Muma on the Edge in Nihal Arthanayake's brilliantly-named School Runnings section. The topic surrounded whether parents have a duty ...
Youngest is going to be three next month. Three! I can't quite believe it. All clichés about the passing of time are spot on. I remember her birth more vividly than those of her brothers. Not simply because it was more recent, but because of how far removed it was from the quiet homebirth we had ...
As I mentioned recently, I've learned to love the school run thanks to the conversations I have with my kids. I was interested, then, to read a recent article by the brilliant Stuart Heritage. Who, incidentally, I was once on a panel with at a Mumsnet event. Thoroughly nice chap he is too. Anyway, in said article, he ...
One of the best things about being self-employed is that I get to do the morning school run. I know it's not the most relaxing of parental responsibilities. This may also raise some eyebrows among people who see me on it every day and I can understand why. I always look exhausted, exasperated and, to be honest, ...
Whether you like it or not, autumn is definitely here now. For the record, I really don't like it but I've mentioned that before. I'm one of those people who insist on not using the central heating in September so, for me at least, today is the official first day of the season. As it was ...
Our house has been on the market for a couple of weeks. We've tried to move once or twice before only for circumstances to change, so are determined that this is our time. As a result, our house is the tidiest and cleanest it has ever been. All of the long-neglected DIY jobs have been completed. ...
I'm Tom Briggs. A proud dad of three and, somehow or other, the writer of a multi-award-winning dad blog.
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.
