As parents, giving advice to children can be a challenge.

Often the advice parents give comes across as nagging, controlling, belittling or over-bearing

There is truth that experience is often the best teacher. Sometimes impossible to learn certain things in life without experiencing them.

So just how do you help give your kids the tools to deal with a problem....without you trying to solve the problem for them.

Giving advice is hard as is biting your tongue, but it is ultimately the best for our kids.

Try talking about ourselves, answering a question with a question and using respectful phrases.

Hopefully this will help your child make good decisions without you (and not burn down any schools....listen to hear that story).

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Is the modern man a hunter or a gentleman? A manual labourer or a technophile? In today's culture the modern man usually is a mix of many things. The modern man must be adaptable.

Gender roles are changing and blending together and the stay-at-home dad or part time dad population is growing.

More fathers than ever are participating in their children's nurturing and upbringing.

The thing is that fathers and mothers come into the parenting process differently though. For the mother, the connection is biological. It's a part of her.

Fathering, on the other hand, is less so. Therefore, it's important for men to learn the skills they need to be a good dad. For some guys it's more intuitive, like kicking a football, but most guys need a coach or some direction.

DADDY EATS LAST discusses what it means to be a man and a father in modern society and all the issues that comes with both.