Tag: parenting

  • Waiting in carpool

    Waiting in carpool

    Back in the day, I used to spend a lot of time in the car commuting. Now I spend a lot of time waiting in school carpool.

  • What will this thing play?

    What will this thing play?

    This seems to be the question with any device that my kids pick up these days, be it their Chromebook from school, their watch, or anything containing what might look like a screen.

  • Being an adult

    Being an adult

    As someone who is still very much on the path to adulthood (and who still feels pretty far away from that at times), I appreciated getting a bit of a trail guide from a recent Q&A with legendary professional coach Jerry Colonna.

  • Family-friendly work

    Family-friendly work

    I started reading Of Boys and Men by Richard V. Reeves, and, as a man and a father who recently went part-time so that my wife could go to work full-time, there is a lot here that resonates, especially so the discussion around balancing work and family.

  • Tales of boys and their fathers

    Tales of boys and their fathers

    A repost from Critter.blog, just because I liked it so much: Tales of boys and their fathers are the same in every age, in every place. We love each other, hate each other, miss each other, hold each other back, but we can never live unaffected by each other. We try to be men and…

  • Sick days

    Sick days

    My son Sam has been sick for the past couple of days. Parents of young children know that, unless they have a miraculous childcare arrangement, sick days for kids mean that the parents are basically sick too (often literally).

  • Daddy, daddy, daddy

    Daddy, daddy, daddy

    First it was mommy, mommy, mommy and now it’s daddy, daddy, daddy Those were the words my daughter just used to describe how it’s been going with the recent family transition of me working part-time and my wife working full-time instead of the other way around. I’ve been thinking about what to say about the…

  • Parenting yourself so you can parent your kids

    Parenting yourself so you can parent your kids

    You can’t force your kids to like what you like, or need what you need, but you certainly need to enjoy whatever it is regardless.