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16 Simple Things All Dads Should Do For Their Mental Health

By Matt Schneiderman

How to Be (A Little Bit ) Better This Year: 10 Resolutions For Men

By Steve Calechman

9 Signs You're Mentally Exhausted — And How to Bounce Back

By Brittany Risher

How to Tell Your Kid You’re Stressed Without Freaking Them Out

By Steve Calechman

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Your Kid Is Suffering from Loneliness. Here’s How to Help

By Matt Schneiderman

Election Anxiety Is Very Real. Here are 7 Ways to Cope

By Matt Schneiderman

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It's Hard in Here for an Introvert Dad I’m an introvert parent and need time alone to recharge, to be my best self. But now? That time is rare.

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55 Small, Nice Things to Do for Yourself In order to be there for your family, you have to be there for yourself

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"It's Okay to Not Have All The Answers" We asked a variety of therapists for the one piece advice they had for men right now. Here's what they said.

How to Be There For Your Family Right Now Because your family needs your best self in the days and weeks ahead.

Coronavirus Anxiety is Real. This Ancient Technique Can Help. Feeling anxious, stressed out, and worried? Try looking backwards at ancient philosophy.

What to Say When You're too Angry to Talk Even if you have no words, you still have to choose them wisely

What to Say to a Child Who's Scared By the News The job of a parent is not to protect their kids, but to prepare them to recognize real threats and handle stress.

Father & Child Relationships

What Men Everywhere Can Learn From Shia LeBeouf Thanks to therapy, the actor was able to not only confront his past, but also come to terms with it.

Death by 1,000 (Poopy) Butts: How to Break Out of Your Boring Parenting Routine Parenting can be boring. The daily routine repeats again and again and again. That's the nature of it. But there are ways to break out of it. Here's how.

How the Four Roses Bourbon Master Distiller Stays Balanced It's a routine that keeps him in shape, lets him see the small beauty of his town, and helps him be a calmer, more connected dad.

How to Fight Burnout and Be the Best Dad You Can Be “We have gas and we have brakes just like a car. If we continued to drive our cars the way we drive ourselves, our cars would go off a cliff or burn out.”

Your Work Stress Could Be Screwing Up Your Kid Lack of control at work and the stress that creates could be affecting your children.

The Simple Hack That Made My Long Commute So Much Better It's helped me be a better husband and dad, too.

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