Dads' corner - a corner for many fathers A useful comparison is Father's Day (or Mother's Day).
It's a day to appreciate many fathers, but is written this way as it's a usually day to appreciate one father at.
When you are using the word "Dad" to refer to a specific person, it's standing in place of their name, and thus, like their name, would be capitalized.
When you're talking about dads in general, it's a common.
Possible Duplicate: My wife and I's seafood collaboration dinner I've never known what the proper way to use a sentence in which you and a specific person (as in you can't just say "our" be.
The first two are also, in my opinion, losing their foothold in the lexicon of American dads.
As well, all three are quite camp-y expressions, and it won't be long before calling your son "champ" will sound.