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How to Teach Your Young Man How to Shave

Seeing a bit of peach fuzz on your teenage son? Then it is time to teach him how to shave. Learn the principles and techniques you need to know to teach your teenager how to shave safely and cleanly.

How to Beat the Heat of Summer with Your Children

When summer heat hits your area, it is important to take steps to beat the heat and keep your family safe in the baking summer temperatures. Learn what a dad needs to do to beat the heat this summer with the children.

How to React When Your Child is a Victim of Cyberbullying

What should a father do when his child has been the victim of cyberbullying? Learn the steps you should take to protect your child from cyberbullying.

How to Choose a Bike Helmet for Your Child

Choosing the right bicycling helmet for your child is one of the most important child safety decisions a father will make. Get some tips for choosing the right bike helmet for your child.

How to Strengthen a Marriage and Avoid Divorce

Avoiding divorce by strengthening marriage is a worthwhile effort to help your children live in a loving family. Here are some tips for marriage for men hoping to save their marriage, avoid divorce and keep their family together.

How a Dad Can Use Twitter

Twitter has become a mainstay of the social networking world. It can be fun to send and receive tweets involving friends and family. How can you get set up on Twitter and how can a dad use Twitter to be a better father?

Make Your Home Fun for Teenagers

Many parents want their teenagers and their friends to spend time at their home rather than elsewhere. What can parents do to make their home fun for teenagers and a place where your teens and their friends want to hang out?

Organize the Single Dad's Kitchen

When one becomes a single dad and sets up house, organizing the home is often outside a dad's experience. Getting your kitchen ready for production can be a particular challenge. Here are the keys for organizing the kitchen.

Childproofing Your Home for Toddlers Ages 1-3

Children who are toddling and walking need special emphasis for child safety. Learn how to childproof your home for children ages 1 to 3.

How to Child Proof Your Home for Crawling Children

Once little ones start moving around, child safety is a big deal and fathers need to make sure and child proof their home. Find out how to best babyproof your home for your newly mobile baby.

How to Babyproof a Home for Newborns and Infants

Creating a safe environment at home for newborns and infants is important for any father. Learn how to babyproof your home for a newborn or an infant.

How a Divorced Dad Can Find Women to Date

So, if you have decided to jump back into dating as a divorced dad, just how do you go about finding women to date? How do you inject yourself into this new world?

Science Experiment: Weather Inversions

Interested in how weather inversions happen? This science experiment will demonstrate how weather inversions work.

Exercise with the Kids

How can a busy dad fit in his exercise regimen when he has responsibility for the kids? Smart and fit dads find ways to involve the children in exercise. It's good for dad and for the kids.

How to Blow Up a Balloon with Lemon Juice and Baking Soda

A fun science experiment involves blowing up a balloon using a bottle, lemon juice and baking soda. It shows what happens when an acid and a base are mixed.

How to Do The Egg in a Bottle Experiment

A very simple science trick of sucking an egg into a bottle demonstrates air pressure and how it works in real life and in weather. Learn how to do this simple but dramatic science experiment.

How to Do The "Rescue an Ice Cube" Science Experiment

With an ice cube, a glass of water, a string and some salt, you can demonstrate how salt and ice interact in this fun science experiment.

How to Choose a Sport for Your Child

Choosing a sport for your child is important, but finding the right sport will help a child be successful. Learn the things to think about in choosing a sport for your child that will be fun for him or her and will help them learn the life skills that sports can offer.

How to Write a Love Note to Your Child

Writing love notes to our children is becoming a lost art. Learn how to write a love note to your child that will create a lasting memory and will become a special keepsake.

Choose a Guardian for Your Children

It is always good to prepare for the unthinkable. Choosing a guardian for your children is one of the most important decisions a father can make. What should a father consider when choosing a guardian for his children?

Carve a Halloween Pumpkin Using a Pattern

One thing many dads love to do is to carve Halloween pumpkins with the kids. And using a pumpkin carving pattern can make carving an awesome pumpkin pretty easy.

Communicate with Your Divorce Attorney

When you retain an attorney to represent you in a divorce or custody process, staying in touch with him or her is critical. Here are some pointers on effectively communicating with your family law attorney.

Do a Plank

How to Do a Plank, a quick exercise for busy dads

Do A Reverse Lunge

How to Do A Reverse Lunge, a quick exercise for busy fathers

Do a Bodyweight Squat

How to Do a Bodyweight Squat, an effective quick exercise for busy fathers

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