If you stop and think about it, you will realize just how much your brain changed as you transitioned into fatherhood. Brain biology and the way we think, feel and behave has all changed once we became a parent. Dad Brain by Dr. Darby Saxbe is a terrific read that explains the scientific details of some of these changes.

Anger is such an important emotion, one that needs to be acknowledged and talked about. And as Dads, we can be great role models in helping our kids manage this feeling.

Most parents think the teenage years are when everything changes. They’re not.The real shift often begins earlier—during the middle years, long before we expect it.