The Power of Mom To A Dad
Tobin Walsh 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 MoreDad Duds – 2 A.M. No-No’s When the Baby’s Screaming
My six month-old is not sleeping well. You’d think that a five-time father would be…
Read MoreThe Honest Truth – My 5 Weekend Kid-Fibs
I have mastered “because I said so” parenting. This was repeatedly on display this weekend…
Read MoreGood-Bad Gotcha Day: A Letter to My Son’s Birth Mother
Celebrating the day we returned home with Yosef (a.k.a. “Gotcha Day”) has always been bittersweet…
Read MoreThe Four Classes of Concert-Dad-Nuts
My daughter’s first grade choir concert on Tuesday was entitled “We’re nuts!” Although aptly named…
Read MoreThe Three “T’s” of a Transforming Ten Year-Old
You could imagine my surprise when my iHeart Radio app greeted me with a song…
Read MoreCrap! I’ve Taught My Kids To Frickin’ Swear
If I give my kid a BB gun, I can’t claim to be surprised when…
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