“Your attitude sucks more than your mouth!” CLASSIC!!! Good stuff right here:
Read moreDo Parents Matter? Judith Rich Harris – The Nurture Assumption
I’m reading this book now. VERY interesting. Judith Rich Harris – The Nurture Assumption
Read moreWhen letting your kids out of your sight becomes a crime – The Washington Post
I used to be a bleeding heart liberal like most of my musician friends and other creative colleagues. I USED TO…until I was dragged through the hell of “family court.” It was my experience there and my never ending battles with my ex-wife that I began to see the cruel realities of human nature. It…
Read moreWhen Kids Sext, Is It A Crime?
PBS NewsHour anchor Judy Woodruff interviews Hanna Rosin about The Atlantic’s November cover story, “Why Kids Sext.” How should laws address underage sexting? Does law enforcement need to play a role? When teenagers share nude photos, what should parents do? Courtesy of PBS NewsHour When Kids Sext, Is It a Crime?
Read moreBalancing Acts
I have been fortunate enough to have been a stay at home dad for the past 12 years. I didn’t spend every single day with my kids due to a short period where I chose to live the 9-5 lifestyle to support my family. Corporate jobs were a detour that took me off of my…
Read moreHow Single Motherhood Hurts Kids
By Kay S. Hymowitz, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor at City Journal, is the author of “Marriage and Caste in America: Separate and Unequal Families in a Post-Marital Age.” The last few weeks have brought an unusual convergence of voices from both the center and the left about a topic that is typically…
Read more“You’re a stay-at-home mom? What do you DO all day?”
This is the kind of thing I have been exploring for years. I’m glad to see more push back on the notion that people need to just drop their kids off for someone else to raise. The role of the parent who stays home with a newborn or toddler is just as important as the…
Read moreLove
There is nothing better than hearing my kids having fun with each other. It’s great when they can spend time entertaining each other. They were so full of energy today. This is one of the many reasons why I love being a father:
Read moreTouch Screen kids
Not that long ago, there was only the television, which theoretically could be kept in the parents’ bedroom or locked behind a cabinet. Now there are smartphones and iPads, which wash up in the domestic clutter alongside keys and gum and stray hair ties. “Mom, everyone has technology but me!” my 4-year-old son sometimes wails….
Read moreGwen Stephani on how motherhood is ‘not what you think it’s going to be’
From her new Vogue interview: “Getting to the studio and not being able to make it happen, but missing out on being at home, missing out on putting the kids down. What’s more important? I felt so guilty,” she tells the magazine. “‘I am letting everyone down in the studio right now; I’m letting down…
Read more