This, sadly, will be my last Daddy Rules column. Ironically, my writing a farewell column at this time has a lot to do with the fact that I am a new parent. Right around the time I got the job at the Journal-World, in early 2013, I found out my fiancee, Jessica, and I were expecting our ...

Fatherhood has never been easy. But with all the societal pressures of today, is it more difficult now than it's ever been? Carrie Wendel-Hummell, a doctoral candidate at Kansas University, sheds some light on this question with her recent research study into the effects cultural stressors ...

In the cold light of day, I can get away with calling it a penchant for planning, or on rare occasions when things go right for my fantasy football team, prognostication. But if we call it what it really is—worrying—I don’t have to be modest. I’m a prodigy, and for me having kids was ...

Show me a picky eater and I'll show you someone whose parents were picky eaters. One thing I've tried avoid during the first 11 months of my daughter's life has been making healthy foods seem weird or like a punishment of some kind. I believe parents who say things like, "Eat your vegetables ...

My 10-month-old daughter just will not keep her sunglasses on. That's not surprising — given that she's 10 months old — but all the same I'd really like to protect her vision when we go for walks on hot summer days and the sun is beating down on us. Since I'm worried about this, I ...

Parents, how many times has this happened to you? Your child is doing something adorable — laughing hysterically, fully in the moment — when, instead of savoring this completely organic occasion, you … search for your cellphone. You feel your pocket, look on your coffee table, ...