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Field plans for dads

A plan for whatever this week throws at you.

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1How old are your kids? Pick every age you've got
2How much time do you have?
More options: weather, topic, two homes

Rainy Saturdays, allowance, chores, bedtime reading, the hard talk, the first phone, the weekend at your place. Plain, step-by-step plans, each on one printable page, with its sources and an honest label saying whether a real dad has tried it yet.

Plans
45
Topics
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Fake reviews
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Topics

Pick the part of the job

Each topic has plans you can print, short reads, and a one-page checklist. All topics

Half an hour or less

Three quick ones for this week

Each prints on one page. These change every Friday. Every plan under 30 minutes

Card 22 · ReadingIdea · Not yet tested

Picture-book point-and-name for toddlers

One picture book, your finger and three questions. Point, name, ask "Where's the dog?" and let them point back. Fifteen minutes a day.

15 minTime
$0Cost
1–3Ages
Card 24 · ReadingIdea · Not yet tested

Chapter-book nights: 20 minutes, voices, cliffhangers

One chapter book, 20 minutes a night. Recap, do the voices, stop on a cliffhanger, and ask what happens next.

30 minTime
$0Cost
6–11Ages
Card 25 · ReadingIdea · Not yet tested

A two-person book club with your teen

Same book, two sticky notes each, one meal out. They pick first. You listen first. Every week or two, about 30 minutes.

30 minTime
$0Cost
12+Ages

Divorced and co-parenting dads

Two homes, one kid-first plan

Telling the kids, handoff days, the first night back at your place, and staying close from far away. No blame, no legal advice. The whole section

Card 42 · Co-ParentingIdea · Not yet tested

Telling your kids about the divorce

What to say, together if you can, so your kids hear it isn't their fault, isn't theirs to fix, and that both of you still love them.

30 minTime
$0Cost
3+Ages
Card 43 · Co-ParentingIdea · Not yet tested

A calm handoff-day routine

Pack the bag the night before, keep the exchange short and friendly, say the same goodbye, and go easy the first hour back.

20 minTime
$0Cost
2–14Ages
Card 44 · Co-ParentingIdea · Not yet tested

The first night back at Dad's

Their own space, a meal you make together and the bedtime they know. A first-night routine that makes your place home, not a visit.

2 hoursTime
$0Cost
3–12Ages

Skill ladder

5 rungs. One skill at a time.

Life skills by age, from toddler cleanup to a teen cooking dinner. Every rung is a plan you do together. When they can show it without help, sign their field card. The whole ladder

  1. 1–2Put toys back in the bin · Point to and name things in a book
  2. 3–5Wash fruit and tear lettuce · Name a feeling · Sort coins into spend · Find north by the sun
  3. 6–9Fold and put away laundry · Crack an egg and flip a pancake · Square knot · Compare unit prices
  4. 10–12Budget a $20 outing · Bowline · Build a lean-to frame
  5. 13+Cook dinner for the family · Check tire pressure and oil · Read a pay stub

A plan isn't tested until a real dad has done it with real kids, on a real date, in a real place, and written down what went wrong.

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