The Briefing
Dispatches on dad life, mental health, gear, music, relationships, and staying alive in your forties.
How to Stay Connected to Your Partner After Kids (According to Research)
The relationship after baby is one of the most studied transitions in all of couple psychology, and the findings are…
Anxiety and the Working Dad: Managing Stress When Everything Depends on You
Working dad anxiety is one of those things that fills the room without anyone naming it. You are the provider,…
Finding a Therapist as a Man: A Practical No-Nonsense Guide
Figuring out how to find a therapist as a man is, for a lot of guys, the hardest part of…
Building a Backyard That’s Fun for Kids and Tolerable for Adults
Stop the plastic graveyard. Zone the yard, buy gear that serves two generations, and reclaim a corner that belongs to…
Screen Time and Your Brain: What the Studies Say About Doom Scrolling
Doom scrolling effects on mental health have become one of the more quietly urgent conversations in behavioral research, and if…
Grief, Loss, and Fatherhood: Processing Pain While Holding It Together
Nobody hands you a manual for grief and fatherhood arriving at the same time. One moment you are the person…
How to Talk to Your Kids About Your Mental Health Without Scaring Them
Talking to kids about mental health is one of those things most of us were never taught how to do,…
Why Dads Need to Stop Saying They’re Babysitting Their Own Kids
A dad alone with his own kids is not babysitting. Why the word quietly does damage, and what the research…
The Loneliness Epidemic Among Fathers: Research, Reality, and What Helps
Lonely Fathers Are Facing a Crisis That Does Not Look Like One Lonely fathers are one of the least discussed…
Anger Management for Dads: What to Do When You Lose Your Cool
Anger management for dads is one of those topics that gets either completely ignored or dramatically overblown, and neither approach…