Matt Christensen, Author at Fatherly

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Father & Child Relationships

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12 No-Regrets Purchases from Parents in Lockdown

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How I Calm Down When the Kids Are Out of Hand

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"I Lost It" Broken printers. Stepping on Beyblades. A Keurig machine glued shut by a mischievous toddler. These are the moments that finally broke these quarantined parents.

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Boomer Parents Ignoring Covid-19? Here's What To Say A dozen men explain how they finally got through to their stubborn parents.

How Having a Second Child Changed My Marriage A second baby brings a lot of change to a relationship. Here's how it affected the marriages of a dozen dads.

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