Maybe there’s a reason why parents can be so difficult sometimes.
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Rock ‘n’ Roll Dad
CJ Kaplan’s attempt to share his love of heavy metal music with his six-year-old daughter is thwarted by Miley Cyrus.
Poem: A Single Dad’s Morning Fight
Jake Roesler on getting the kids up, going to school, and yogurt.
What I Know About Being a Dad
You know, Jim Higley writes, sometimes it’s OK to give your kids ice cream for breakfast.
Summer’s Over
As the long day-dream of Summer wraps up, Ron Mattocks says goodbye to his sons.
Flying Skillets
David Davis struggles to put food on the table, literally.
Fatherhood, Responsibility, and Crazy Weather
No Mother Nature, you cannot take my kids to see the wizard.
Time vs. Money
Just a Matter of Context
Do you ever look at your children and wonder how they were ever sweet, cute, and innocent?
Mentally Sexy Dads
What you do in the kitchen might have an effect on what you get in the bedroom.
First Moment of Pride
Jim Moss’s daughter takes the first (baby) steps toward independence.
A Story Without a Baby, a Near Drowning
In this installment of “Love, Recorded,” Matt and Cathreen take their one and only vacation away from the baby. And still Matt can’t get away from the fears of fatherhood. Though it’s his own fault, really.
1929, 1941, 2001. On coming of age and hope, despite all
My daughter is coming of age in a society struggling to overcome its own shortsightedness, greed, and failure. But in her eyes, I see no condemnation and no angst for the future.
Pinstriped Preschool Atrocity
Aaron Gouveia thought his son was at the perfect preschool…until he saw the hat they’d given him.
Becoming an Asshole…For Good?
Ron Mattocks finds inspiration and wisdom in some unlikely characters: Don Draper, for instance.
I Was Just Trying to Help
Does doing good deeds mean you have to think nice thoughts?