Kids

Children can be your biggest joy (even if it doesn’t always feel like that!), and building a strong relationship with your offspring can be one of the most emotionally rewarding experiences you’ll ever have.

To make that parental journey as smooth as possible, this is the Dad’s Guide to Kids, offering step-by-step advice on growing adults you can be proud of.

Admittedly, kids are a strange and erratic species and can be hard to understand. To help you navigate their physical and emotional development, we’ve divided this section into Babies, Toddlers, Children and Teenagers.

This means that from teething to hormones, you have the basics at your fingertips.

Babies                         Toddlers

Children                      Teenagers

Some things to plan ahead for in your child's life

You've already coped with the first - and biggest - event in your child's life: their birth. You've read up on the first few months and the early years, and you've child proofed your home. But in no time at all you'll be bouncing his kids, your grandchildren, on your knee. There are plenty of milestones on the way, so what do you need to plan ahead for?