Posts Tagged ‘parenting’

When The Wife Is Away

Tweet Here’s a trend that makes zero sense: when my dear wife is away in the evening, be it for work or for school or some such post-work activity, the kids and I almost always end up eating out. I reckon this isn’t unusual, for dads...

May 22nd, 2013 | Parenting Blog Humor | Read More

Watch This: The Birthday Card Short Film

Tweet I really enjoyed this short film that shows the oft painful dynamic between a working wife and a laid off husband who isn’t necessarily trusted by his partner to take care of things, like childcare for example, properly. Maybe he has...

Five Family Friendly YouTube Videos

Tweet I was asked to curate a mini YouTube playlist, one ideal for all-ages of eyeballs, for PhillyKidsThing.com. This isn’t my usual bag, as you may know. I avoid the user uploaded video craze like the goddamn plague. I get grossed out by...

May 16th, 2013 | Parenting Blog Humor | Read More

Witty Kid Notes Never Fail To Disappoint

Tweet By my count, #13 The Fun Crusher, win the internet today. What is your favorite kid note below? 21 Kids Who Sold Out Their Parents, from Buzzfeed. Reminds me of the Bear’s humorously sly habit of adding a ‘do not’ to the bottom...

May 14th, 2013 | Parenting Blog Humor | Read More

We Had a Good Run (Sponsored Video)

Tweet This personal story about my dad, cancer, and me is a sponsored post I wrote on behalf of the American Cancer Society. We were the darkened house on Halloween night. We were the Miami Marlins. Cancer didn’t come a-knocking in a Jason...

April 24th, 2013 | Parenting Blog Humor | Read More

The Mouse and the Soccer Ball

Tweet The Bear gave basketball a chance. The girl has a bit of game, she does, but she’d tell you straightaway that hoops isn’t her cup o’ tea. She did the floor hockey thing too, but looked, let’s just say, bewildered out...

April 14th, 2013 | Parenting Blog Humor | Read More

Gearing Up for Spring with The Home Depot Garden Club

Tweet Bird chirps, topped off gas tanks, and the crack of the bat — there isn’t anything quite as beautiful as springtime. Being a homeowner has had a number of strange impacts on me, but the most curious is my inspiring, hopeful gaze...

April 1st, 2013 | Parenting Blog Humor | Read More

Thoughts on How To Prevent Another Steubenville

Tweet Last week wrote this piece for The Good Men Project about the Steubenville, OH rape case. I used that forum to reflect on our role as parents and caretakers in preventing assaults of this nature going forward. I believe good parenting will...

March 20th, 2013 | Parenting Blog Humor | Read More

Banning Soda Is Not How To End Obesity

Tweet Mayor Bloomberg failed today to enact a ban on mammoth sodas. Fans of small government are cheering, while concerned citizens sulk. But the real losers, as always, are the kids of the adults who think consuming 64 ounces of soda, bags of Cheetos,...

March 12th, 2013 | Parenting Blog Humor | Read More

How To Be A Dad Blogger

Tweet To be a dad blogger is to be the doctor, the patient, and the audience…observing your self-surgery in that cool hospital theater room thing. Those are real right, not just elaborate set designs on primetime hospital dramas? A dad blogger...

March 9th, 2013 | Parenting Blog Humor | Read More