Young and old are relative terms. A 55 year-old in a retirement community is young, and a 8 year-old in first grade is old. Certainly there are young parents who had a kid in their teens or early 20’s, and there are old parents who, medically speaking, have “geriatric pregnancies.” Which, if you don’t know,Continue reading “Age Is a Number. Youth Is a Mindset”
Category Archives: Dad Thoughts
Childhood Movies Are Not The Same as Children’s Movies
There are certain things a parent looks forward to from the moment their kids are born – first steps, first words, first Christmas. A few months ago I crossed one of those moments of my parenting list. I showed my kids Back to the Future for the first time. I loved it. They liked it.Continue reading “Childhood Movies Are Not The Same as Children’s Movies”
You Can’t Throw Away a Memory
If you haven’t yet, at some point in life you’ll look around and ask yourself, “How did I get so much stuff?” A trinket here, a souvenir there, a thing you really didn’t have a use for but you never know so you put it down in the basement but never actually touch it orContinue reading “You Can’t Throw Away a Memory”
Playing Catch: A Dad’s Solemn Duty
A lot of parenting is doing things you have to do. Do you want to clean doo doo off your kid’s entire back when their blown out diaper goes up to their shoulder blades? Absolutely not, but you have to, so you do it. Some of it you want to do. Do you really needContinue reading “Playing Catch: A Dad’s Solemn Duty”
Yes, There is a Father’s Day
Not all holidays are the same. I get that. I mean, what did you do for Earth Day this year? Have a big President’s Day party did you? There is a hierarchy for sure, and I know exactly where I rank. At least according to my 6 year-old son. Which is to say, dead-ass last.Continue reading “Yes, There is a Father’s Day”
Trick Your Kids Into Being Kind
Like any good parent, I often bribe my children. Any illusion that I had of my kids behaving just because it is what they should do has long been shattered. I want my kids to be able to go a whole day without one of them making another one of them cry, and they wantContinue reading “Trick Your Kids Into Being Kind”
A Dad’s Letters from Hawaii
Travel has always been an inspiration for writing. I recently took a trip to Hawaii, and I’ve collected my daily thoughts here. While stopping in various gift shops, I noticed that Mark Twain also chronicled his own trip to Hawaii. I’m not saying I’m similar to Twain, though we can both totally pull off aContinue reading “A Dad’s Letters from Hawaii”
How My Kids Play: It’s All Pretend
My kids love to play together. For the most part. Does a single day go by without somebody getting upset over what or how they are playing? No. But a day also never goes by without them coming right back to it. And they do come right back to it. Almost like a language ofContinue reading “How My Kids Play: It’s All Pretend”
My Daughters are Liars
Watching your kids grow up is a crazy thing. You’re the one raising them, you see them every day, and in theory you know them better than anyone in the world. Yet somehow you still learn new things about them all the time. For example, I recently learned my daughters were filthy liars. Kids lie.Continue reading “My Daughters are Liars”
Second Grade Wisdom: What We Can Learn from Kids
It is no secret that one of the great causes of divide in our times (and probably all of time) is that every one is completely certain they are right. Their point of view is the correct one. Their sources of information are the truth. Their pizza toppings are correct and you can take yourContinue reading “Second Grade Wisdom: What We Can Learn from Kids”
