As The Ball Drops On This School Year, I Resolve To Do Better
Tobin Walsh My kids’ “Student Showcase” is the elementary equivalent of the ball dropping in New York…
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How A Made Up Game Has Restored My Belief in Today’s Teen
I’m guilty of lumping all teenagers into a dismissive pile of laziness characterized by kids…
Read MoreGetting Over Fatherhood Dream Delays
The acoustic guitar gathering dust on a stand in my guest bedroom is a reminder…
Read More“May”-be Elementary Schools Need More Excitement and Less Homework and Fences
It has taken until May for my kids’ school to, finally, provide the care-free elementary…
Read MoreMy Fear Behind Parental Imbalance
When handheld devices blurred the lines between work and home, there was a backlash that…
Read MoreThe Power of Mom To A Dad
I was quickly re-indoctrinated into a strange feeling of fatherhood inadequacy in the delivery room…
Read MoreStuck In the Middle: A Poem For My Tag-A-Long Child
I don’t often get to hang out alone with my 3 year-old. I had that…
Read MoreChurch Is Not For Me – But What About My Kids?
Last Sunday, I held my infant daughter in the knee-deep Florida gulf water, transfixed by…
Read MorePurple Strange: Parenting Lessons Learned By Dismissing an Icon
I have not been a Prince fan although I certainly admire and respect his music.…
Read MoreThe Honest Truth – My 5 Weekend Kid-Fibs
I have mastered “because I said so” parenting. This was repeatedly on display this weekend…
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