My name is Brad. I’m a 32 year old father of one (second very much imminent) from the UK. I’m not a parenting expert. I’m not a paediatrician. I’m not a child psychologist. I’m not a nutritionist, a sleep therapist, a health visitor, or a life coach.
I’m just Some Other Dad.
Yep, just another parent stumbling their way through the magnificent chaos of raising children - just like you.
I don’t know about you, but there’s plenty of days where I find parenting really fucking hard. We’re meant to say how we couldn’t imagine our lives without our kids. Whilst for the most part that’s true, it shouldn’t mean we have to keep it all to ourselves when we’re having bad days. But it can be hard opening up about this stuff - particularly for dads. When two of us come together without knowing how to have a proper conversation, it stays inside.
I want to change that.
Some Other Dad is a totally open, raw and honest account of my journey through fatherhood and parenting, but it’s also a space to discuss and open up about everything that affects us as parents. Hopefully by me sharing my experiences, and talking about the real feelings we all have whilst raising our kids, it’ll help people realise they’re not alone.
You may have come here through one of my social media channels, or maybe you found me directly through Substack. Either way, this is where the action is.
When you subscribe to Some Other Dad, you’ll get a post every Friday (at the very least) where I try to dissect and discuss one of the thousands of different facets of parenting, and tell you all about my experiences with it. Not that I think my experiences are anything special or more insightful than yours - they certainly aren’t.
But that’s how conversations start - one of us goes first. And if somehow you take something away from it that impacts or helps you in any way, well that’s a lovely bonus, isn’t it?
Subscribing is easy and free - all you have to do is click the button below.
If you’re still not sure and want one good reason why you should - I’ve got five of them right here (link to about page).
Each and every post will land freshly typed in your email inbox as soon as it’s published. Ready for you to read whenever you get a minute without the kids screaming in your ear.
If you like what you read, I’d really love it if you’d tell other parents in your life about it. I do intend this for all parents, but sharing this with dads particularly would really mean a lot to me - we dads definitely have more trouble opening up to this kind of thing than mums, generally speaking. Even if you just take away anything you read here and use it to start a conversation with the dad in your life on your own accord, that would be great.
So that’s it - introductions out of the way! The first issue will be along tomorrow, so sit tight!
I hope you’ll join me here - there’s a lot for us to talk about.