Chief Scheduler, Chauffeur, Referee
Homework you can (mostly) still help with. Playground politics with rules more complex than most workplaces. A weekend calendar somehow booked solid with clubs you don’t remember signing up for. Welcome to the years where you’re needed constantly and consulted rarely.
What you’ll find here
- Discipline that actually works at this age, without raising your voice
- Helping with homework you can still remember how to do
- Navigating playground politics and friendship fallouts
- Packed lunch battles, and picking them without losing your mind
- Screen time boundaries that don’t turn into daily arguments
Start here
- Stuck for a Game to play with your child? We Built a Tool for That
Stuck for a Game to play with your child? We built a free tool to give you ideas – Game Finder! Find it here; https://daddiary.co.uk/game-finder/ - Child a fussy-eater? Play this game
If your child is a fussy-eater, and you would like them to eat more varieties of food – play this game! - The Dad Voice Is Dying (And That’s a Good Thing)
Dads should not longer use their shouting/authoritative voice, instead a more nurturing and calming voice is needed to influence children
Coming soon
Screen time with a 12-year-old
What’s worth the fight, and what genuinely isn’t.
Talking to your daughter about her changing body
Why this is a dad conversation too — not just mum’s job.