Author: Sam Davies

Processing the grief that comes with losing a pet is hard – for kids and their parents. Meet Jelly and read about Sam’s good-bye in the DadZone.

Staying ready, staying organized, staying anxious about being ready and organized. What parenting with ADHD looks like from Sam Davies.

How does a dad react when people praise him for getting his trans child’s pronouns right, respecting their identity, and loving, loving, loving them – as parents do.

 We did it! We made it to another holiday season. We survived Halloween and another election, and we are pointed squarely in the direction of Thanksgiving. The days have now…

Well folks, it’s been a year. A year of quarantine with my wife and two children. A year of school at home, work at home, everything at home. It’s been…

My first Halloween as a parent was spent in the air. My wife Kat and I were returning from showing off our first baby to friends and family in Colorado.…

For those of you who might not know, magazine articles are written well in advance of their publication. As I type these words into my iPad Pro, it’s a clear…

Recently, I had the privilege of taking my 9-year old daughter to see Virginia Repertory Theatre’s production of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad at the Children’s Theatre at Willow…

“Whatcha eating dad?” My daughter has spotted the spoon on the counter – the only evidence of the mint chocolate chip ice cream I have just shoveled into my mouth. …

“No scissors, no tape, but I believe in you.” These were the only instructions given to my 8-year-old daughter and me one Sunday morning at The Forge, a dedicated maker…

How and why white parents need to talk to their children about race, racism, and white privilege.

My family has the privilege of not having to think about race very much. Being white in a racist society affords us the power to ignore that our whiteness informs…