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What is Learner Dad?

by Learner Dad | 10 April, 2024 | Featured, Learner Dad,

Becoming a parent doesn't come with a Learner Plate like when you start taking driving lessons. We go to parentcraft sessions, buy the books, read the articles and watch the videos, but apart from learning how to put on a diaper...

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Acceptance Is Key

by Learner Dad | 10 September, 2024 | Health, Learner Dad, Personal Growth,

I love our pets (and daughter of course), but boy to they drive me up the wall sometimes, actually frequently. More frequently than I like to admit.  I also know why - and no, it's not because they are sent from...

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Home Or Away

by Learner Dad | 9 September, 2024 | Learner Dad, Personal Growth,

Any Football fans will understand the implication of the title; Is it better to play on home turf or away, on one's opponent's field. Now that away goals are not worth double the weighting, most would agree that home is...

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Forget Perfect: Embracing the Imperfections of Parenting

by Learner Dad | 29 April, 2024 | Learner Dad, Personal Growth,

No fast and hard rules determine what is and isn't parenting, yet as Learner Dads we get bogged down striving to fix anything that seems imperfect, without realising we are setting ourselves up for failure....

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Unlearning The Truth

by Learner Dad | 29 April, 2024 | Learner Dad, Personal Growth,

One of humans' biggest assets is their capability to recall. Yet in recall we create versions of reality that once true, may not be anymore when we change context. As an adult and a parent, we often find ourselves in situations...

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That 1%

by Learner Dad | 15 April, 2024 | Featured, Learner Dad, Personal Growth,

We live our lives sharing 99% of it with the people around us, yet the 1% that truly tells our life's story is seldomly told, if at all. I read the reference above on Adrian Kulp's Dad or Alive blog, who is probably...

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