Daddy Kamp

Trying not to suck at Parenting.

Brandon Crawford, Beards, and Baseball or Why I Love Youth Athletics but Hate Youth Sports

Okay – let’s get this out of the way. Brandon Crawford is pretty hot. My wife, who “can’t stand all that frigging hair”, doesn’t think so. But if they remade Tombstone, one of my favorite movies, he would have to…

By Troy Obrero | October 31, 2014 | MDICTYD, Sport and Fitness | No Comments |

Cook a Meal, Make a Living, and Defend Yourself

Many parents bribe their kids out of diapers. We were no different. We told Logan we’d bring him to Disneyland if he could use big boy underwear. Around this time, his home daycare provider informed us that he had a…

By Troy Obrero | October 24, 2014 | Food | 4 Comments |

How to Communicate in a Foreign Country – In Memoriam

In November of 2009, I briefly lost my mind. Lori was needed at a conference in Honolulu. So we decided to bring the kids along and visit the family. Lori, Logan, and I last visited in April of 2008, when…

By Troy Obrero | October 17, 2014 | Food, Our Dads, Travel | 4 Comments |

Getting Your Kids Into Music without Tiger Mothering

For the record, I just read Amy Chua’s Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, and I LOVED it! I know it caused quite a bit of controversy, but it must have been from people who don’t get parody or satire. …

By Troy Obrero | October 10, 2014 | Music | 4 Comments |

I hatched a plan over thirty years ago. The plan was to learn how to be the best dad ever. My eldest siblings started to have children when I was quite young, so I started changing diapers as a newly…

By Troy Obrero | October 3, 2014 | MDICTYD, Perserverance, Writing | 4 Comments |