The 1 Player Dad Strategy Guide
If you've just become a single dad, you’re possibly about to go through one of the biggest challenges of your life. The 1 Player Dad Strategy Guide was created to [...]
Competition: Funky Giraffe Bibs Giveaway!
THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED - THANKS EVERYONE WHO ENTERED! Funky Giraffe (http://funkygiraffe.com.au/) make funky, practical and affordable bibs and other cool baby gear, and they're giving away seven (7)(VII) free [...]
Recipe: Sapasui (Samoan Chop Suey)
One of my friends on Facebook said that they were searching for Samoan food recipes on Google recently, and apparently my blog came up in the first few pages of [...]
The First Thing You Should Do when Becoming a Single Dad
Screenshot of the video game 'Kozure Ōkami' (known in the Western world as 'Lone Wolf and Cub') (This post is based on an excerpt from my free [...]
Recipe: Peanut Butter Cheesecake
Or, how I learned the easiest way to please a room full of women :-p In my first year of parenting in 1 Player mode, I spent a lot of [...]
#DoTheDadDance! Dusting off the Dance Shoes for Charity
The crew over at The Dad Network are doing an online campaign to get Dads around the world to get their groove on and help raise money for UNICEF UK to [...]
Are All Guys Potential Pedophiles? Perception and Reality in Male-Child Interactions.
Are all men doomed to wear the Pedobear costume of shame?!? A few months ago, I took my daughter to Junglerama (one of those indoor kids playland places), [...]
Review: Moppa Ice Cream App (iOS/Android)
For a single dad blog with a video game theme (the '1 Player' in 1 Player Dad refers to the 1 player/single player mode of video games, in case you missed [...]
Recipe: Super Monkey Meatballs
This is the first recipe I created after entering 1 Player Dad mode, and like all firsts it has a special place in my heart (and stomach). Prior to this, [...]
5 WEAPONS TO CONQUER YOUR HELLSPAWN (or, 5 helpful items that will make life easier with your little one)
The epic battle that has raged between parent and child is one that has claimed the souls and sanity of countless parents over the millennia. In recent years, technology has [...]
Five Ways to Wellbeing: Keeping your head in the game in 1 Player Dad mode.
When you’re grinding it out in 1 Player mode, your mind can be your worst enemy. In my first year as a single dad, I was dealing with the fallout [...]
Shopping for Girls Clothes – A Memoir
No, not for me. (Well, not anymore...) When I entered 1 Player Dad mode, along with the division of property that comes with the end of a relationship also came [...]
Why Fatherhood is Like Becoming Iron Man
When I became a father for the first time, a lot of people (who didn’t have kids) asked me things like “What’s it like being a father?” and “Did becoming [...]
Domestic God Mode: How to Dominate your Household Like a Deity
Domestic Goddess: An informal, humorous term used to describe a woman with exceptional domestic skills, especially one who excels in preparing meals. God mode: A mode found in many video [...]
The 1 Player Chef – How I increased my recipe repetoire to OVER 9000
A few months ago, I met a friend after work for drinks and she brought me over to a table where she and her girlfriends were sitting. We did [...]
5 things I wish I knew before entering 1 Player Dad mode
Ah, the hindsight. Always 20/20. If only I had known the princess was in another castle, I would have skipped past those pipes and fake castles and hightailed it straight [...]