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Is there any such thing as Daddyblogs?

SkylitDrawl — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:54:37 -0800

I am looking for personal blogs written by dads. Even though I am not a parent, I find that I like reading personal blogs written about the art of parenting. I know a ton of Mommyblogs that feature posts about life with young children, but not many that are written primarily by Dads. I would like to find some funny blogs written by men with (preferably young) children.

What I'm looking for is something along the lines of a male Dooce. Can anyone help me out?

How do I help my father get help for mental illness?

Anonymous — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:44:31 -0800

I'm pretty sure my father is mentally ill and I need to get him into some sort of public assistance living situation. Does anyone have experience with something like that? What do I do? My father is 57, divorced, unemployed. He has a long history of not being able to hold down a job and he is in a deep depression period right now--he doesn't leave the apartment except to go to the bar. One of my brothers just moved in with him, but realized asap that he couldn't live with an unemployed, depressed, alcoholic (who also steals the rent money). The consensus among the family members still willing to listen to him is that he is also bipolar or psychotic--and he has never sought or received any sort of counseling or treatment. The situation now is untenable. My brother is going to move out and my father will be homeless this time next month. I truly believe that he could benefit from either medication or therapy or both. I know he won't seek it himself. I'm not OK with him "choosing" to be homeless without him first getting a shot at treatment. Is there any sort of public assistance that I can take him to? I don't know where to begin to get him diagnosed or to get him into some sort of treatment facility. He also told my other brother that he was diagnosed with Hepatitis B this week and my brother sent him money. I don't know if it's true or not, but if it is, he'll need treatment for that, too.

I'm afraid you'll want to debate his mental well being, but I know him better than anyone and he's in terrible shape. I need advice on how to get him into welfare or medicaid and get him into a living situation where he can receive some sort of treatment for free. He lives in northern Colorado. Thank you.

How to block access to my online college account, even for me?

Betty_effn_White — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 10:55:48 -0800

Ok, so my college grades weren't the best. Is there any way to disable access to my online grades? My dad has been nagging me for my grades, which are terrible for a myriad of reasons I won't bore you with. He is a very explosively angry man. I would rather avoid the screaming match until Sunday, when I will be safely back on the opposite coast and I can clean up my mess a little bit. Calmly explaining why I did so poorly (one C, one W, and one no pass) is out of the question.

Is there any way to temporarily disable access to my online account (my.pcc.edu)? Maybe some kind of blocker that will make the website look broken from the home's IP?

I would like to be able to hangout with my dad without the hive inducing anxiety that he will discover my grades.

Please no "you dug your own grave" responses. I will tell him, but at a time when my progress is evident and not seemingly empty promises.