by Fred Campos | Apr 3, 2015 | iDad
[P]arents know that a family vacation, from which you load up the “family truckster” and drive across country, can sometimes turn out to be as much fun as the Griswolds’ Vacation. When I talk to most parents about family vacations, they usually end...
by Fred Campos | Apr 1, 2015 | iDad
[I]f you are one of “those” parents who always tries to make birthday parties fun for your kids, you eventually start running out of ideas that can’t top the previous year. Last year, for Caitlyn’s 15th birthday party, I took her friends to an...
by Fred Campos | Mar 31, 2015 | iDad
[M]y Dearest Caitlyn, When I started college, I told myself that I wanted a dozen kids. I know crazy, right? When I turned 25, I was worried that perhaps I would never have kids. Funny how you think when you are young. My dreams started coming true when I found out...
by Fred Campos | Mar 5, 2015 | iDad
[W]hen you go through divorce, much is made of the negative effects on the children. Sometimes, it makes the divorcing parents feel even worse, and maybe even depressed. While it is without question one of the hardest aspects on children, there can be some positive...
by Fred Campos | Nov 2, 2014 | iDad
[F]ew new situations work from the start; that new job, a move, even the joy of buying a longed-for car can temporarily “throw us off our game.” For a while. But we eventually work out the rough spots, develop a routine, and ultimately get comfortable in our new...
by Fred Campos | Jun 25, 2014 | iDad
[W]endy Thomas, daughter of Dave Thomas, a workaholic and founder of Wendy’s Old-Fashioned Hamburgers, once said she wasn’t sure if her dad knew where she attended high school. This isn’t an indictment against Mr. Thomas’s parenting skills, although one has to believe...
