Dan the Dad

  • Dating in the Modern World

    By: Danthedad June 18, 2026 In my previous articles, I talked about sacrifice and rebuilding. The sacrifice that comes with being a father. The rebuilding that comes after divorce. The process of losing part of yourself and then discovering that perhaps the strongest version of you hasn’t even been built… Listen ⇢

  • Dads Aren’t Invincible

    Author: DantheDad Location: San Diego, Pacific Beach In my last post, I talked about dating as a single father and the challenges that come with trying to find love again while raising children. But before we can even think about building a new relationship, there’s something else we have to… Listen ⇢

  • Love, Kids and Life

    Being a Dad Requires Sacrifice Author: DantheDad Date: June 12, 2026 1:00am. Lately, I’ve been thinking about starting over and finding someone special to share life with. After spending the last seven years grinding away—building my career, raising two boys as a single father, and trying to keep all the… Listen ⇢

  • Music as a Bridge to Emotional Healing

    Author: DantheDad May 19, 2026- Sitting at Brigantine Having a beer to the night. Having emotions tied to the moments life brings us is part of being human. We all want to do meaningful things for ourselves and for the people around us. Music, creativity, emotion, memory, they all blend… Listen ⇢

  • “The Day the Family Broke”

    Dan the DadTitle: The Day the Family Broke There’s a moment in every failing relationship when things stop being loud. No more yelling.No more fighting.No more trying to prove a point. Just… silence. That’s how I knew. It wasn’t the arguments that broke us. We had plenty of those. It… Listen ⇢

  • Don’t worry about the Sand

    Thank you for being here to day with DantheDad. This is a refelction of something that happened to me a couple days ago. Entry: 04/03/2026 Too many times, we get caught up worrying about the metaphorical “sand” in our children’s lives. Things have to be perfect.Parenting has to be done… Listen ⇢

  • The Impact of Divorce on Fathers and Their Children

    I didn’t know a divorce could change your name in this way especially for a father. Thirty-two years old. Two boys. And suddenly… a shift in identity I wasn’t prepared for. I was already a mess. And then came something I didn’t expect an identity crisis so real that I… Listen ⇢

  • Welcome to DantheDad!

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