A Dude’s Guide

Fatherhood advice and topics from dads.

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Dane Bramage? Nope. Teenager

October 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments · A Dude's Guide to Kids

As it turns out, my two oldest little dudes, ages 15 and 14, haven’t turned into complete drooling caricatures of themselves, without the good sense that God gave a bag of rocks. And crushed rocks at that. According to some new research, it seems as if there’s really something going on in their brains. Turns [...]

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I Didn’t Major in Education

September 4th, 2008 · No Comments · A Dude's Guide to Life

In fact, I specifically tried to stay as far away from that stuff as possible since it raised the dreaded specter of me having to do actual math that didn’t involve trying to figure out how many cans were in a case. (24, just in case you were, you know, wondering.) And, yet, here I [...]

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Homework Sucks!

June 15th, 2008 · No Comments · A Dude's Guide to Kids

As tempting it is to outsource your kids homework, you should not do it. Instead you should consider this torture as some actual bonding time. Remember, misery loves company and miserable people tend to bond together the most. Now that I think about it, doing homework with my little dudes and dudettes kind of [...]

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