Fathers Aren’t Mothers
Over at the New York Times, Katrin Beinnhold writes about the experience her husband and she had when they reversed typical gender roles as parents: I did something countless men do — in the...
Tagged: parenting
Recognizing and Redefining Manhood
These days, I probably write more posts about being a parent than anything else (aside from left-leaning wonks, of course). This is as it should be, since I spend a solid 30 hours/week caring...
The Finest School
“I was graduated from the finest school, which is that of the love between a parent and a child. Though the world is constructed to serve glory, success, and strength, one loves one’s parents...
Hegel on the Playground
It is hard having children out-of-step with your friends. Ten months ago, you were down to hit the town on a Thursday night. You HAD been to the new noodles place, thanks very much,...
8 Exciting Vistas that Parenting Makes Visible
1. Human Creativity: You. Made. A. Person. YOU MADE A PERSON. Are you #%$&ing kidding?!? How cool is that?!? What else can you make?!? There is no #%$&ing spoon. None. If you can make...
You see, son, when a man and a woman love each other very much…
Last night my wife informed me that my youngest son apparently has a girlfriend. It’s hard to parse out exactly how I feel about this. On the one hand, at thirteen he’s younger by...
Dr. Seuss and Genius and Field Dominance
I read a lot of children’s literature these days (b/c this), which means that I’ve long been mulling over this precise sentiment: As any parent will attest, Dr Seuss was not only the greatest...
My Three Sons
Forgive me for not having an upshot with this post. It’s just a jumble of thoughts about the relationship that my sons have with each other, a topic I wrote about briefly once before....
Why It’s Impossible To Parent Ironically
There’s been a fair bit of parenthood buzz around the League of late (Cf. Mike and Will and, in a different way, Burt). I’ve enjoyed all of it, and I want to add a...
Why I am not an attachment parent
Time Magazine deliberately started an uproar with its cover photo of a woman confrontationally breastfeeding (seriously, if you can breastfeed confrontationally, she’s doing it) a preschooler. And so the backlash against attachment parenting begins....
In the lake of the woods
Ta-Nehisi Coates has a lovely post about isolation that’s well worth your while. You should read it. For some reason the title and the sort of haunting imagery called to mind Tim O’Brien’s novel,...
Joy, purpose, and the hard work of parenting
Rod Dreher, writing at his new digs at Big Questions Online, has this to say about parenting and happiness: “The loss of parental freedom is severe, and if young marrieds had any idea how...
Just in time for Father’s Day
Pamela Paul has a rather Slate-ish post up at The Atlantic, asking the controversial question: Are Fathers Necessary? Unsurprisingly, her conclusion is no. Not really. “The bad news for Dad is that despite common...
the great thing about being a father (part 1)
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things… …and now that...
