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Last year I wrote a post about learning to let my kids make mistakes so they can learn from them. It's a learning curve that I'm very much still on and it's far from easy. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to debate a related topic on national radio. If you follow BBC Radio 5 Live's Nihal ...
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 ...
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 ...
How much time do you get to spend exclusively with your partner? If you have children, the answer might be something to the effect of 'not a lot'! Help is at hand in the form of 'micro-dating'. More on that later. A recent survey by Legal & General has found that 36% of parents between 18 and ...
Saving energy is something that's in everyone's interests. From being more environmentally friendly through to being kinder to our pockets, there are plenty of very good reasons to do so. It isn't always easy though - particularly with kids around! My three keep me on my toes. They're forever leaving lights on, not to mention the ...
It's oldest's birthday today. Somehow or other, he's eight years old already. This, of course, means that I've been a parent for the same amount of time. As I mentioned in yesterday's rather silly post, I've changed a lot since then. Here, then, are eight important life lessons I've learned in eight years of parenting. You weren't ...
My oldest child will be eight tomorrow. It doesn't feel that long ago since he arrived, but a lot has happened since then. We've welcomed two more children and I've had a career path worthy of a roller coaster. As a result, I've changed a lot as a person. Don't worry, I'm not going to go all ...
Sleep - or a distinct lack of it - is something that I seem to write about a lot. It's been almost eight years since I regularly got a decent night's kip. Actually, it's probably been even longer than that. While the kids have undoubtedly played a big part, a new acquisition has proved that I ...
I've been to not one but two sports days this week. It was nice to spend a bit of time away from my desk and see how my sons did. I like the way their school approaches it too. Although it was competitive in that they were earning points for their respective 'houses', the events ...
Parenting's never easy, is it? This week, for example, I consciously let one of my kids make a mistake, knowing it would probably upset him. It did, of course, and I feel awful. We took the boys out to spend their first few weeks of pocket money at the weekend. It was theirs to do with ...
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.
