Robert FairheadDo I want to be a hero to my son? No. I would like to be a very real human being. That's hard enough. ~ #RobertDowneyJr #quotes #parenting #beingadad
When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. ~ #WilliamShakespeare #quotes #beingadad
Parenthood, man. The days are long but the years are short. ~ #JohnBirmingham's 2024 #Substack reflections on turning 60 and being a parent ... which I share! 👋 #quotes #life #milestones #beingadad
Link to John Birmingham on Substack: https://aliensideboob.substack.com/p/the-big-six-oh-my-god
12 years on, and now I'm carrying my dog upstairs with my bad back! 🙄 #beingadad #dogs #mydog #mydogposts #DogsOfMastodon
This article published by #TheGuardian is an edited extract of an essay, The Gifts of Being Read To, by Horatio Clare. It's featured in The Gifts of Reading for the Next Generation (Scribe), an anthology curated by Jennie Orchard. And it reminded me of how I feel looking back at that golden age of reading to and with my (now adult) son. ❤️
Link to the Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/08/reading-aloud-to-children-kids-beauty-magic-gift-of-being-read-to
Ah, the parenting joy of driving my then 12-year-old son and his classmates to junior chess challenges! 😂 #beingadad #chess
I "may" have drawn on autofiction for today's #30words30days story on Bluesky, where the daily prompt word was, Opponent! 😂
"We'll smash them."
"And crush 'em."
"And grind them into the ground!"
"Boys!" I exclaim, while driving my son and his classmates to their opponents' school. "It's a chess tournament!" ✍️
#writers #writing #microfiction #30wordstories #autofiction #teenagers #beingadad #chess
A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be. ~ #FrankAClark #quotes #beingadad