I stopped myself.I almost answered with the first thing that came into my head, but made a change before anything came out of my mouth. That change was not using the word “women.”I’m assuming he heard the term “make-up” from my wife, probably that morning as she was getting ready for work, which meant he…… Continue reading What I said when my son asked me what make-up was

My son calls YouTube “The Red” because the screen with the logo when you open the app is red. “I want to watch something on The Red,” he says.I hate The Red.I won’t, for a minute, complain that YouTube is ruining my child because I have the ability to do exactly what I did this…… Continue reading YouTube is ruining our children

Nicole’s brother and his wife are expecting their first child any day. It could be starting right now, to be honest. I’m going to be an uncle again, although this time by marriage and not blood, while Nicole gets to be an aunt by blood for the first time.Weeks ago, we had a baby shower…… Continue reading We should talk about the JOY of parenthood more often

There are roughly a million articles online discussing the common characteristics shared by introverts. I suppose introverts are the ones sitting around writing all day, so that’s probably why there seem to be a disproportionate amount of articles about them.There’s usually a reference of some kind or another to something I’ll call the gas tank.…… Continue reading The Introvert Parent

A few weeks ago my son was lifting a stick of some kind so that the car he’d placed on it would roll down and, in theory, knock away whatever it was he’d place in front of it. I’m a little fuzzy remembering this. What I do remember is that his aunt was visiting and…… Continue reading Kids’ TV is crazy smart now and yet still antiquated

nos·tal·gianäˈstaljə,nəˈstaljə/nounnoun: nostalgia; plural noun: nostalgias    a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations.By its very definition, nostalgia suggest that you wish things could be the way they were before, or that you could go back there, back to that time that must have been…… Continue reading Feeling Guilty About Nostalgia

Here’s a humorous column on getting your toddler to call for daddy at night instead of mommy. I have no doubt that this is an actual issue in many households.It is not a problem for us.Early on this was intentional. The demands on a mother during those first few months after having a child are…… Continue reading Plight of the Pushover Parent

It was cold and windy and wet as we power walked through the parking lot and exterior stairs of the Oracle arena in Oakland. We hadn’t planned for weather that bad, so my son didn’t have his hat on, which is why we were power walking. He started to shiver before we got into the…… Continue reading Holding Back Tears During Disney on Ice