{"id":134,"date":"2012-07-21T14:26:21","date_gmt":"2012-07-21T14:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rosarioconsulting.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/?p=134"},"modified":"2012-07-21T14:26:21","modified_gmt":"2012-07-21T14:26:21","slug":"how-do-i-level-up-as-a-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/how-do-i-level-up-as-a-dad\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I level up as a Dad?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Finspiredtoeducate.net%2Finspiredtoeducate%2Fhow-do-i-level-up-as-a-dad%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rosarioconsulting.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/father-helps-son-focus-the-spotting-scope-for-a-closer-look_w725_h483.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-136\" title=\"father-helps-son-focus-the-spotting-scope-for-a-closer-look_w725_h483\" src=\"http:\/\/rosarioconsulting.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/father-helps-son-focus-the-spotting-scope-for-a-closer-look_w725_h483-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"father son\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/father-helps-son-focus-the-spotting-scope-for-a-closer-look_w725_h483-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/father-helps-son-focus-the-spotting-scope-for-a-closer-look_w725_h483.jpg 725w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Photo from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.public-domain-image.com\/\">http:\/\/www.public-domain-image.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0I cherish my mission as a father. \u00a0\u00a0My wife and I have been blessed with two wonderful boys who are going up so quickly. \u00a0\u00a0I often ask God to help me become the best dad that I can be. \u00a0\u00a0In my morning reflection, from <a href=\"http:\/\/dads.org\/article.asp?artId=117\">dads.org<\/a>, the author talked about the identity of a father: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cA father is committed to his children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After reading this article, I felt a desire to find activities that engaged me and my sons. \u00a0\u00a0I hope that I can be more present to my kids by designing our activities to be fun. \u00a0\u00a0As a young dad, it can be hard to keep the attention my four year old and one year old for extended periods of time.<\/p>\n<p>As I boot up my Saturday morning, I am searching for ideas with Peter. \u00a0Here\u2019 five \u201cfather son friendly\u201d idea sites that we will be checking out:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/adventuredad.org\/\">AdventureDad.org<\/a> &#8211; I love the content for outdoor activities.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allthrive.org\/parenting-corner\/dads-corner-being-a-father\/\">AllThrive.org<\/a> &#8211; I want to give a shout out to my awesome sister-in-law, Anne. \u00a0\u00a0She works with an organization dedicated to supporting moms and dads. Check them out!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wholetthedadsout.org\/\">WhoLetTheDadsOut<\/a> &#8211; Man! \u00a0I wish this kind of organization existed in my area.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/geekdad\/\">GeekDad<\/a> &#8211; As we were talking about this blog entry over breakfast, my wife encouraged me to check this out. \u00a0Yes.. I am a geek!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/search\/?q=activities+for+dads\">Pinterest &#8211; Activities for Dads<\/a> &#8211; I feel weird linking to Pinterest. \u00a0\u00a0I hope I can keep my man card.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I am always looking for new ideas and books. \u00a0\u00a0What has inspired you to be a better dad? \u00a0What are some of your favorite activities with your kids?<br \/>\n<strong id=\"internal-source-marker_0.3183233649469912\"><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Finspiredtoeducate.net%2Finspiredtoeducate%2Fhow-do-i-level-up-as-a-dad%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Photo from\u00a0http:\/\/www.public-domain-image.com \u00a0I cherish my mission as a father. \u00a0\u00a0My wife and I have been blessed with two wonderful boys who are going up so quickly. \u00a0\u00a0I often ask God to help me become the best dad that I can be. \u00a0\u00a0In my morning reflection, from dads.org, the author [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139,"href":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions\/139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}