Distracted Parenting And The Cincinnati Zoo Tragedy
Tobin Walsh After hearing the news that a young boy fell into a zoo enclosure over the…
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As The Ball Drops On This School Year, I Resolve To Do Better
My kids’ “Student Showcase” is the elementary equivalent of the ball dropping in New York…
Read MoreHow 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 MoreDad Duds: Three Elements of Good-Bad Dad-Brain
I find there to be three elements to having Good-Bad Dad-Brain when dealing with my…
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 MoreDad Duds: Curing the Kid-Car-Fighting Craziness
My kids have an “ON” switch for arguing that activates when their seat-belts are buckled.…
Read MoreRenaming Camdyn: Why We Kept My Son’s Birth Name
Our referral picture read “Yosef”, but to us the little Ethiopian boy in the photo…
Read MoreMy Fear Behind Parental Imbalance
When handheld devices blurred the lines between work and home, there was a backlash that…
Read MoreDad Duds: Shopping For Mother’s Day
The ineptitude of Good-Bad Dad, non-kid-centric gift-giving will be on display this weekend for many…
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