Today I abandoned my children. It felt good. I thought I would feel more anxious or guilty about it, but I was really fine with it. And so were they. It was actually their idea. It is a fine balance to strike between giving your kids what they want and what they need. Usually theyContinue reading “I Left My Kids. It Was Nice.”
Category Archives: Parenting Milestone
2024 in Review: From My Kids’ Perspective
2024 is in the books, and while I have thoughts on the year, I thought it might be fun to see what my kids thought about what happened in the last 12 months. Or more accurately, the last 3-ish months. Come to find out my children had a really hard time with the concept ofContinue reading “2024 in Review: From My Kids’ Perspective”
My Son is Like Jesus
My four-year old son, Brooks, is in pre-school, and has recently wrapped up his first trimester of the year. With that comes a parent-teacher conference and a report card. I had his parent-teacher conference a few weeks ago. It took about two minutes. At his age there really isn’t much to go over other thanContinue reading “My Son is Like Jesus”
Kids With Homework: Am I Helping or Hurting?
A cool thing about being a parent is being able to re-live some of the favorite parts of your childhood with your kids. Not in a creepy trying to live vicariously through them and confusing their successes with yours. But in a way that you can see the experiences in a way that is bothContinue reading “Kids With Homework: Am I Helping or Hurting?”
Learning From a Trip to Urgent Care
When I think of classic father and son bonding moments, a few typical ones spring to mind. Playing catch in the yard, going camping, watching football, going to urgent care to get a foreign object removed from somebody’s ear. Oh, did you not have medically extracting an object from your son’s head on your maleContinue reading “Learning From a Trip to Urgent Care”
Grounding My Kids for the First Time
When I first started thinking about what kind of parent I thought I’d be, there were a couple things I never thought I would do. Send my kids to a “time out,” ground them, or reply with, “Hi Thirsty, I’m Dad,” when they told me they were thirsty. I had a pretty good run, butContinue reading “Grounding My Kids for the First Time”
Will Scoring a Goal Go to My Kid’s Head Or Mine?
Since they were born, I’ve used many words to describe my daughters. Athletic has never been one of them. I’d like to think they have always been averagely coordinated for kids their age, but their abilities, behavior, and general interests so far don’t paint them as athletes. My five-year old daughter, Evie, has fallen downContinue reading “Will Scoring a Goal Go to My Kid’s Head Or Mine?”
A Dad Makes Fire
I recently took my three kids camping for the first time. My big fear was that they would hate it. They wouldn’t want to sleep in a tent, they wouldn’t understand that there is no TV, they wouldn’t be OK with a shared toilet. But they all did really well. Sure, they need to workContinue reading “A Dad Makes Fire”
Picking Up My Son for the Last Time
When you think of memorable parenting moments, what comes to mind are the firsts. You save first pairs of shoes, sometimes people save locks of hair from first haircuts, the real weirdos save the first teeth kids lose. Baby books are filled with pictures and dates of first steps, smiles, solid foods. First days ofContinue reading “Picking Up My Son for the Last Time”
Kids In an Airport: Worse Than Kids In an Airplane
A fun part of being a parent is experiencing the first things with your kids – first steps, first words, first time they can get up and get themselves a drink of water. A bad part about being a parent is experiencing the first things with your kids – first teeth, first trip to urgentContinue reading “Kids In an Airport: Worse Than Kids In an Airplane”
I Think Therefore I Dad 