Rise of the Daddy Blogger

I have been blogging for about six months. I started because I broke my wrist and was unable to work as a painter/decorator for six weeks. My wife who blogs at Twin Mummy and Daddy had been saying for a while that I should start a blog about DIY and parenting so I did!

I was surprised that there were so few daddy bloggers compared to the huge amount of mummy bloggers, but since I have been blogging there is definitely an increase in dad/men bloggers, but blogging is still without a doubt dominated by women and the question I ask myself is why?

The reason could be that there are more likely more stay at home mums and women in general blog more about parenting and beauty. Both these subjects are very popular with women so they have a big audience to read their posts.

Do women find it easier to talk about their children than men?

Do they talk more freely about relationships and emotions than men?

I certainly think they find it easier than men.

Mummy’s in general also like to ask other mums for advice about their children and quite often gain reassurance that they’re doing the right thing when in truth your own way will always be the right way. I guess they also like to compare their children’s developments against other mums children.

Men in general are not good about showing their feelings. I know talking about what your thinking, your emotions and feelings etc is quite alien to men, but writing it down and sharing it on your blog seems to make it easier for most men, but why are men starting to share there experiences about fatherhood?

Nowadays there are many more stay at home dads (SAHD) than ever. I often wonder why. Is it maybe because of financial reasons? Their wife or partner has a better job so it makes more sense for dads to stay at home? I mean the ‘traditional’ family has changed a lot over the years or are dads simply deciding that they want to be SAHD’s and watch their children grow?

I stay at home one day a week to look after our twins because my wife works and because of the cost of childcare it seemed a sound financial decision to stay at home otherwise what my wife earns would have gone straight on childcare and also it is her independence of the twins.

I wouldn’t give up the one day a week I’m at home with girls for anything though. I love the time I spend with them on my own and it gives me my perspective of the girls to write about and hopefully in years to come the bond formed now will make us close forever. 

So back to my original point! Daddy bloggers are on the increase. There are many Facebook groups starting up for dad bloggers. Al Ferguson has formed The Dad Network for example which is exclusive to dads. It’s an amazing place for tips and advice on parenting and it’s amazing how many members it has. Men today are also learning to show their emotions, what they’re thinking and in a very anonymous way they can write down all of their experiences and publish it on their blog.

I would never have spoken to anyone about some of the posts I’ve written. I simply wouldn’t have felt comfortable doing that, but writing it down was actually easy!

I wonder if dads are finding it easier to express their feelings on a blog rather than to family and friends, maybe because they feel they are less likely to be judged?

Recently I started a feature on my blog called The Brilliant Dad Feature which simply asks six questions about the emotions of being a dad.

The response I received was fantastic. The different answers to the same questions has been fascinating to read and it tells me dads are now happier to wear their hearts on their sleeves than ever before.

The rise of the daddy blogger is happening in a big way so watch out mummy’s you never know you might have some competition!