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Sh*t My Kids Say #1 – The Bad Dream

February 13, 2012/2 Comments/in Sh*t My Kids Say, THE BLOG/by Chris Read

Kids are funny people. They really have no concept of right or wrong, they don’t know not to call people fat or stupid and they have no idea how hilarious their imaginary stories are to adults. That has led me to the decision to create a new section here at Canadian Dad called “Sh*t My […]

Dads, Kids, Video Games and Animal Awareness

February 10, 2012/15 Comments/in THE BLOG, The Daddy Files, Uncategorized/by Chris Read

There’s something about being a man that instills in me a need to excel at video games. I’m not talking about a specific genre of video game or gaming system, I mean that I feel the need to excel at EVERY video game I play. So it was no surprise that I found myself wanting […]

A Fish Called Mater

February 7, 2012/11 Comments/in THE BLOG, The Daddy Files, Uncategorized/by Chris Read

My family were always dog people. So much so, that I can’t remember a time from my childhood where there wasn’t a dog running around the house. Before we had kids, my wife and I had a Husky named Bacardi (keep in mind that my wife won that battle, I wanted to call him Crown […]

What Exactly Is A Stoodie Doo Anyway?

February 4, 2012/15 Comments/in THE BLOG, The Daddy Files, Uncategorized/by Chris Read

So my son has reached an incredible stage of his young life where he’s begun to make up new words to share with his family and friends. His favorite of these is the word, person, phrase “Stoodie Doo” (he wasn’t sure of the spelling but there was definitely an ‘S’ in there). It got me […]

A Father’s Insecurity: What If My Son Hates Sports?

February 3, 2012/39 Comments/in THE BLOG, The Daddy Files/by Chris Read

I’ve always been an athletic person. Even in my older, chubbier dad years, I still feel like I can hold my own on a sports field. I got this from my Dad. In a bittersweet and cruel twist of fate, I lost my father on the same day my wife found out that we were […]