Reading about parenting written from the point of view of a father is fun for me. Traditionally, fathers went to work, came home, perhaps played catch in the yard or drove Hot Wheels around the living room, and that was basically it. Heck, my father-in-law wasn’t even able to be in the room with either of his kids were born; we’ve come a long way baby.

Because fathers weren’t always as present in the day-to-day basics of child-rearing, it is refreshing in this day and age to find so many dads blogging about their thoughts on their kids and the world of parenting as a whole. Especially when they do it well.

Cry It Out: Adventures of a Stay-At-Home Dad is one blog that I can not pass up. If I see that Mike has updated, I will drop just about anything I am doing to go read. The man can spin a story in the most wonderful way you can imagine and he inspires me to write more intensely. (A look at my personal blog shows I am failing at that endeavour. Alas.) Read, you won’t be sorry, except for the fact that you will later wonder how you spent three hours reading a stranger’s archives without noticing the crick in your neck.

Often taking a humourous approach to life, Dad Gone Mad is practically obligatory reading if you wish to delve into the world of Dad Blogs.

He hasn’t been updating as frequently due to summer activities, but Metro Dad will make you think, and lay it all out for you as he talks about life with his daughter in the big city.

For a feeling as though you’re sitting and having a face-t-face conversation, check out Creative-Type Dad.

And of course, I can’t introduce you to Dad Blogs without sending you over to the flipside of this one, the awesome Inside Fatherhood blog, written by Bill – definitely stop by!

That’s only a tiny selection of so many great dad blogs out there. Do you have a favorite that I should be reading? Feel free to pimp one in the comments – even if you’re a dad and it’s your own blog!

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Let’s hear it for the boy(s)

4 kids (ok, his wife is pregnant w/#5, but still, that’s close)
He’s 31
He’s a WAHM parent
I’m loving this daddy blog already:

With a dad staying home to watch the children, and the mother off to work paying the bills, sometimes in the household you can feel a bit back-asswards. Growing up in a society that is so accustomed to dads being the sole financial provider it can really mess things up if you aren’t prepared for the situation. In fact, my wife and I are very traditional type people. We want lots of kids, we sit down at the dinner table every night to eat our well thought out balanced diet, and we discipline our children, but there is one major difference and that is I stay home and she goes to work.

So check out Steve’s blog and let him know you care with a welcoming comment.

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Inside Fatherhood