I am worried about something, even if it is a few years away. I am utterly terrified of the day my daughter’s start dating. Being a man and a father, it’s at this point I am supposed to make some stereotypical comment about sitting on the porch in my rocking chair with a shotgun in
When I considered starting a dad blog, I scanned the Internet, looking at all the parenting blogs in existence. One of the first I stumbled upon was Slummy Single Mummy, written by mum of two Jo Middleton. Jo’s witty writing style appealed to me greatly. I’ve followed her antics ever since and her stature as
As a dad blogger, I notice some interesting online behaviour. One of my biggest gripes is family or parenting orientated businesses that refuse to deal with dads, choosing solely to focus on mums. That said, I’ve been doing this daddy blogging thing for three years. In that time I’ve noticed a general shift with more
As Director of External Affairs, Peter Grigg leads The Children’s Society’s campaigning, policy and research work including the Seriously Awkward campaign, for which I am a proud ambassador. Peter, like me, is a father to two children. He has more than ten years’ experience in the charity sector and a dedicated policy campaigner committed
Some years ago I attended a job interview. It was for a media officer’s job with The Children’s Society. I say media officer, this was such a long time ago it was probably what was then referred to as a press officer role. The media has moved on such a lot in the intervening
