A tragic accident in a High School baseball game that sent a pitcher into a coma after being hit in the head from a batted ball has created quite a stir against the use of aluminum bats. The school and its opponent have agreed to use wooden bats in their next game.
The use of aluminum [...]

Words are powerful. Words spoken by a parent to a child are very powerful and often can carry far more weight and impact than we realize, so as parents we should choose our words carefully.  With that in mind, here are:
5 Things You Should Never Say To Your Kids
1) F#&*! – You need only watch prime [...]

It’s a rough life. You need to relax. Massage therapy turns out to be the perfect thing. Now how do you explain it to the children before they overhear about it, talk to their friends, and think you’re doing something dirty.
Farfetched? No. My own late teens son didn’t understand what massage therapy was. My wife [...]

My youngest’s bio on Facebook. Why I love him.
I’m a pretty laid back person. Unfortunately, I’m a person who wears their heart on their sleeves.
I’m the son of an awesome father, Todd Jordan, who really cares for me. Also, an awesome loving mother, Sharon Jordan, who cares for me just the same. Without these two [...]

As noted here, in this week’s episode of the Cast of Dads podcast we talk about how to be prepared for a natural disaster.  The topic was no surprise, since we recorded the show just hours after the earthquake in Chile was reported and while the world waited to see what coastal areas would be [...]

When I was a kid, there was a series of commercials for “Chiffon” margarine that had the tag line, “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature!”  Lately it seems that perhaps we must have been trying to fool her and now Mother Nature is seeking her revenge and proving her prowess with a daunting display [...]

Many moons ago, when I was just a mere tike, when my Mom and Dad taught me to “share” they were mostly trying to get me not to explode in a hissy fit when my younger sister or one of my playmates wouldn’t let go of my Legos or give up my G.I. Joe. Life [...]

Screaming, shrieking, whining, crying, banging, bumping, laughing, sneezing, coughing, belching. farting, yelling, slapping, hitting, pushing, shoving, snapping, breaking, kicking, throwing up, falling down, dancing, running, [...]

I wrote here a while back about how my two boys, Zach and Zane, came to live with us permanently at the end of November. [...]

As one year winds down and another begins it is always a time to look back and look forward, to reflect on the year that [...]

Continuing on my first post here at Dad-O-Matic, I’ve created a blog that will be used for my family to stay in touch with my in-laws during Christmas.

Distance makes the holidays difficult but technology can help shrink that distance and bring families together.

The Cast of Dads got together for our second Podcast and covered a wide range of geeky, fatherly topics.  Daddy Brad was out sick which [...]

want to be a full time dad through the thick and thin, through the love and hate, the good times and bad. Don’t mistake me: there will probably be times where I truly will hate my children and question what demon-spawn I have birthed. Sure as I am writing this I have felt that same way for my parents at times. I know that regardless of what issue lies in front of us I will love and adore my children always and hold them above anyone else. That is what my parents do and have done.

For many years, I’ve seen my two sons only on alternate weekends.  I’ve hated the separation, but somehow that’s the hand life deals; you do [...]

No baloney, it was a lot of fun participating in the Sony DigiDad Project and I hope you enjoyed the posts here at Dad-O-Matic that [...]

Unlike FIGHT CLUB, when it comes to the rules of Fatherhood, it is ok to talk about them freely, especially here at Dad-O-Matic.  But are [...]

If you are a parent, you should have no trouble looking for things to be thankful for this holiday season.  You need look no further [...]

There is no doubt we live in a digital world. You wouldn’t be reading this blog if we didn’t. As a “Digital Dad” [...]

Food, glorious food!  To this day that is one of my favorite songs from the musical “OLIVER.” (Ok, that may be “too much information,” but bear with me, please…)  If you watched the video of my parents in a recent post here as part of the Sony DigiDad Project you may have gleaned that food [...]

Heritage is a powerful word. In its truest sense it implies all the things we are made of and all the things that make us [...]

From everything I have seen and heard, being a grandparent is a special thrill.  I am not there yet myself, but as my own kids [...]

Everyone has family secrets…things that all the relatives know, but are better left unsaid outside the family circle. The worse family secrets are the ones [...]

I’m a bad example for my kids.  I live my life with my hand and/or my ear seemingly fused to a mobile device.  My current [...]

For as long as I can remember, Sony has been a premiere consumer electronics brand.  I can clearly remember getting my hands on the original, [...]