Everyday is Father's Day

Dads are so important that they get their own holiday, complete with fathers day gift baskets. Yet being a dad is nowhere near as easy as it looked on television. Now they have to contend with rowdy teenagers, trying to help with homework and finding ways just to spend time with their kids or get ready for their first child. It’s not easy, but the following resources should help.

Homework Resources for Dads

• Homework Tips for Parents: document prepared by the U.S. Department of Education on helping parents work with their kids.
• The Homework Dilemma: focuses on the idea of when a parent should help and when they should step back.
• Spreading Homework Out: discusses the idea of some schools assigning work to the parents of students.
• Homework: lists tips and advice for dads in regards to homework help.

Activities for Dads and Sons

• Father & Son Activities: lists fun outdoor activities that dads can do with their sons.
• Top 10 Father-Son Activities: gives different ideas on things for a fun father-son day.
• 15 Fun Activities for Dads with Preschoolers: covers different activities for those dads with younger boys at home.

Activities for Dads and Daughters

• Father Daughter Activities: focuses on fun things that dads and daughters can do together.
• Top 10 Father/Daughter Activities: focuses on activities between a father and younger daughter.
• 5 Cool Father-Daughter Activities: provides tips on activities for younger girls to do with their dad.

Recipes for Dads

• Dad Recipes: recipes for dads ranging from appetizers to desserts.
• Father’s Day Recipes: recipes perfect for cooking dad something special.
• The Holiday Spot: lists easy recipes to make on Father’s Day.
• Kaboose: offers mix and match recipes for cooking dad a special dinner from start to finish.

Stories About Dads

• Stories from the Heart: true stories from readers about their own fathers.
• Father’s Stories: stories from fathers about their children and from children about their dads.
• Dad Stories: lists nearly fifty stories readers submitted about their own fathers.
• Awesome Stories: publishes personal stories about inspiring and awesome dads.

How to Be a Cool Dad

• How to Be a Cool Dad: provides step by step instructions on being an understanding and cool dad.
• Cool Dad Central: offers tips on being a cool dad at all stages of a child’s life.
• The Father of Cool: lists cool dads from around the world submitted by their kids.

Vacation Ideas for Dads

• 2009 Father’s Day Vacation Ideas: gives easy ideas on vacations for dad.
• Family Vacations: offers tips and ideas for vacations from fathers to fathers.
• Family Vacations with Teens: focuses on places dad can go even with the teenagers.
• Ideas for Dad: provides fun family summer vacations for dad.

Tips for the Expectant Father

• A Baby Center Tour for Expectant Dads: lets future fathers know exactly what to expect in the baby center.
• Advice for Expectant Fathers: focuses on issues covering pregnancy, labor and what to do when the baby arrives.
• Great Dad: gives lots of tips for expectant fathers and fathers with children of all ages.
• The Funky Stork: focuses on all fathers, with special advice for expectant and first-time dads.
• Expectant Dad Survival Guide: tips and advice for fathers who have never had a child before.

This year, don’t forget the fathers day gift because dad’s had a hard time. He has a lot on his mind and a lot of different things going on. He needs the chance to relax just as much as his kids do, which is why his own dad is so important to him. In fact, why not make it better by remembering that father’s day doesn’t have to come once a year, it can come every day of the year.