Daddy Kamp

Trying not to suck at Parenting.

CrossLife – Broadening the Work Curve During a Pandemic

There is so much cool content out there with cool parents doing cool stuff with their kids. If you’re like me your first reaction is “Awesome!” Followed immediately by, “Ugh, I can’t do that. I can’t teach that. My kids…

By Troy Obrero | April 1, 2020 | Uncategorized | 2 Comments |

Shelter-in-place. I never thought we’d read those words in our lifetime. Or at least, not in the context of a pandemic. Maybe after an earthquake. As of now, it really isn’t that bad. We can still go outside to exercise,…

By Troy Obrero | March 18, 2020 | Food, Perserverance, Tribe, Village, Writing | 2 Comments |

My background can be described as humble and working class. I was the nerdy outlier and continue to be. My siblings, especially my eldest brother, would often delight in circumstances where I demonstrated a lack of what he loved to…

By Troy Obrero | July 2, 2018 | Food, New Dads, Our Dads, Village | No Comments |

“Two hundred and forty-seven pounds of tomatoes this year” exclaimed my father in law. “Last year was about one hundred and eighty. A few years ago was only about eighty. But we did get almost two hundred a few years…

By Troy Obrero | January 19, 2018 | Food, Our Dads | 3 Comments |

I Don’t Know What I’m Talking About. And You Don’t Care, Apparently.

Welcome(d) Back(?) Greetings Daddy Kampers! So obviously I took a little break. It happens to bloggers, right? I guess we eventually lose steam, or that’s what we tell ourselves. In the beginning of May, we did some traveling and met…

By Troy Obrero | June 24, 2016 | Sport and Fitness, Village | No Comments |

There are multiple facets to every story, so I don’t normally overreact to things in the news. Smart kids with clocks (bombs), or sexual harassment at schools by students or employees – while I am disturbed by the general ideas…

By Troy Obrero | September 18, 2015 | Making a Living, New Dads, Our Dads, Perserverance, Tribe, Village | No Comments |

By Troy Obrero | September 4, 2015 | Uncategorized | No Comments |

Juggling Passion and Privilege, While Hoping for Perspective

I think we’ve already established that I’m a pretty teary guy. The littlest things will set me off. At the end of last school year, I made a bid on a fundraising photo collage from my son’s 3rd grade classroom. …

By Troy Obrero | August 28, 2015 | Making a Living, Perserverance, Sport and Fitness | No Comments |

“Dad! Dad!” “Dadda!” “Daddy!” “Pop!” “Poppy!” Those words can have different meanings or intentions. Tone, time of day, rep count can all bias how you answer those calls. It’s easy to take some for granted. Or be too dismissive or…

By Troy Obrero | July 17, 2015 | MDICTYD, Music, New Dads, Our Dads | No Comments |

Little T had a birthday last week. He had pizza and ice cream cake the evening of his birthday. A few hours before that, he had a ramen “snack”. A few weeks before that he had a party at school. …

By Troy Obrero | June 5, 2015 | Perserverance, Tribe | No Comments |

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Daddy Kamp

Trying not to suck at Parenting.

CrossLife – Broadening the Work Curve During a Pandemic

There Be No Shelter Here

Tips on Getting Your Kids to Grill

Best Tomato – An Excerpt

I Don’t Know What I’m Talking About. And You Don’t Care, Apparently.

Village People – How Grown-Ups Deal

By Request – How to Cook Rice Using a Rice Cooker and a 9 year Old

Juggling Passion and Privilege, While Hoping for Perspective

Call and Response

Birthdays, Bereavement, and Baggage