You love your kids. You're also exhausted, overwhelmed, and not saying half of it out loud.
This is for the parent falling apart quietly after bedtime.
The Truth About Parenting Burnout (From a Dad Who Hit His Limit)
It didn't come on all at once. That's the thing about parenting burnout — it doesn't announce itself. It accumulates. One missed night of sleep. One more morning where you can't remember the last time you felt like yourself…
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The Dad Diaries — Honest Fatherhood & LGBTQ Parenting
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The Dad Diaries — Honest Fatherhood & LGBTQ Parenting
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The Dad Diaries — Honest Fatherhood & LGBTQ Parenting
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The Dad Diaries — Honest Fatherhood & LGBTQ Parenting
Read this →How I became a dad through surrogacy — the real version.
Cost, timeline, legal, agency decisions — every stage mapped honestly.
Kenya is where Stella and Mia were born. The surrogacy journey and the travel story are inseparable — traveling to Kenya for surrogacy, and one day traveling back with the twins.
“Raw, emotional, funny, and real — Joseph Tito doesn't just tell his story. He tells our story.”
Todrick Hall
Artist & LGBTQ+ Trailblazer
The Dad Diaries
Everything on this site started as one man writing in his parents’ basement at 3am, waiting on two daughters being carried by a woman he had never met, in a country he had never been to. The blog was the beginning. The book is the whole story.
The failed transfers, Kenya, the citizenship fight, and the postpartum depression nobody warns a father about — including the parts that never made it onto the blog. Published by Cormorant Books on 26 September 2026.
The essays I wrote at midnight
when the kids were asleep.
Too many feelings. No algorithm. Just the truth — straight to your inbox.
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The Dad Diaries: Because Real Risks Are Worth Taking
A raw and heartfelt collection of stories from Joseph Tito's journey into fatherhood — navigating love, identity, and the beautiful chaos of raising children while staying true to yourself.
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This story was originally featured in Newsweek, highlighting Joseph Tito's journey to fatherhood.