Comments on: How I Used 30 Minutes to Transition from Work to Home And How It Helped Me Be a Better Daddy

By: Club Penguin Cheats

Club Penguin Cheats — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:07:39 +0000

It wears on me and I love it when the wife picks them up in the evening. She did last night and I was able to get home…start some laundry…start dinner etc. I felt great until my wife got home and she had a rough time picking up the girls. Then I felt bad and I probably should have picked them up. It was the first time she picked them up in a while and it backfired…

By: Club Penguin Cheats

Club Penguin Cheats — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:07:39 +0000

By: Tinch

Tinch — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:05:17 +0000

thanks man!! I'm gonna stop by your site. I can use other Dad's input from
time to time to learn what might work best in certain situations.

By: Coachdad

Coachdad — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:58:10 +0000

Great post and I love your site. I am a single Dad who writes about my struggles of keeping it all together. I will be back again!

By: Shane

Shane — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:22:18 +0000

Totally understand the relationship between commute, decompression and seeing the kids. I have about an hour and a half to decompress- better yet 50 minutes of that is spent on the train with all sorts of unsavory characters- talk about making your family look desirable. By the time I get home I'm frigggin overjoyed to be with them even if they whine, trash the house and bite the cat on occassion.

By: Jeff Tincher

Jeff Tincher — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:51:11 +0000

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By: water damage chicago

water damage chicago — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:45:11 +0000

Wow, that's awesome that you were able to find something that worked for you and the fam. I also work, but I have the benefit of working from home. Still, it gets difficult at times juggling the demands of a very active and lively 5-year-old son, dropping him off and picking him up at school, making dinner (or buying take-out), running errands, going to school for two classes, occasionally taking the hubby to work because we only have one car, and finding some “me” time to read a book or indulge in a video game.

The no-yelling part is the best I can't help it sometimes, but when I yell less or don't yell at all, it seems everything seems to go smoother.

Kudos to you!

By: Tinch

Tinch — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:20:12 +0000

I can related, although I don't work from home, i think it is the quiet days
in an office setting/home office that we get accustom to and then when the
excited kids arrive they want to tell us all about their day and speak at
100MPH and run around like lunatics. I'm getting used to the fact that they
are just very excited!

I feel the guilt sometimes as well...but I also feel that I need time to
unwind. I typically do that from 9pm until midnight. Blogging, Facebook and
whatnot.

By: Tinch

Tinch — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:17:23 +0000

Thanks Tyler!

For some reason I like to get home first and tackle some of the house chores
myself! Maybe it's that I want to make sure things get done. or have a sense
of accomplishment!

good luck with you and your wife. You do need a break maybe one pickup or
dropoff a week! My wife has been doing both lately since 2 days a week I
consult at a client site. Other times I will take or pickup since I'm so
close!

By: Tinch

Tinch — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:14:39 +0000

Babbo,
thanks for the great comment! appreciate your feedback and views!