Tagged: parenting
Lessons in Parenting, Baseball, and Optometry
I felt so disappointed for my son in his inability to excel at baseball. I had simply concluded that he lacked talent, and that was that. Of course, I would cheer him on and encourage him as long as he was interested, but, I assumed, the writing was on the wall. I pigeonholed him as “not an athlete”, just like me. Knowing now that it is quite likely that his vision was at least partially to blame for his trouble is a humbling reminder: our kids are not just small versions of ourselves.
Gypsy Blancharde Is In Jail For Killing Her Mother
Dee Dee Blancharde abused her daughter Gypsy for more than two decades. She did so with the sanction and encouragement of medical professionals. Predictably, Gypsy is being required to pay the price.
(Trump) Sign of the Times
Maud Kelly on parenting, politics, and the struggle to be neighborly in hostile territory.
Amazon’s ‘Catastrophe’ Is A Very Good Television Show
Go watch Catastrophe because it is very funny and very good and, also, very real.
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From Mad Rocket Scientist comes this brief but amazing reflection on fatherhood and the word “love.”
Sometimes Love Means Having to be the Bad Guy
Love is built on trust. But how can trust be built with young children? Kazzy explores…
Bringing Baby to Dinner
What’s to do when some parent (who obviously isn’t you because of course you have better judgment than that) brings their child to an inappropriate place? Also: food porn from Chicago!
Context, It Seems, Does Matter
Imagine, if you will, that you and I are standing in my backyard. We are tossing a football back and forth. Eventually, this simple game of catch ceases to suffice and we begin to...
I’m a Monster
Not only do I not think Walmart is the source of all evils in the world, but I actually have gotten over my elitist sense of the place and now consider myself a customer....
Two, Maybe Three, Questions
1.) At what age would you say it becomes inappropriate for a father or other male caregiver to bring his daughter/female charge with him into a shared men’s bathroom to relieve his needs? 2.)...
Birthday Blues (*UPDATED WITH ADORABLE BABY PICTURES*)
A former colleague and mother of three children under the age of 5 posted the following question on Facebook: “If you don’t invite the whole class to your child’s birthday party how do you...
Too Soon?
I talk with Mayonnaise quite a bit. Well, I talk to him. And getting even more precise, I sing to him. For whatever reason, I’ve adopted a Randy Newman-esque, sing-whatever-I-would-normaly-say for a good amount...
The Hardwired Bonds of Nurturing
I have a theory about pets and people without children. This theory is born out of mere anecdotal observation of friends and family, and as such it’s not very scientific. But I believe it...
