Pater Familias … because I'm your FATHER!

2010

July

• 15 Gone, Gone, Gone: You love vacation this much, too?

• 1 Where Does Summer Go?: You shocked, too, that the Fourth is upon us?

June

• 24 Goodbye To First Grade, Deep Gratitude To Mrs. Taylor: Glad it's finally summer vacation?

• 16 When Kraft Got It On With Bob Evans: What life-shortening gluck did you used to eat and still crave?

• 2 Dad Demos Slippery Slide, Spangs Back: Done something lately that you’re too old to do? Where does it hurt?

May

• 28 Secret Daddy Tears At School Concert: What gets you all choked up and blubbery?

• 21 Seven-Year-Old Still Undecided On Sleep-Away Camp: How do you and yours work out big-deal decisions?

• 12 Easy Upgrades For Storebought Red Sauce: Know tricks and tweaks for doctoring readymade stuff?

• 5 Lawn Edging Stops Here: Are you neatnik or laissez-faire about yard grooming?

• 1 Costco And The Zen Of Too Much, Too Cheap: What has off-price shopping taught you about yourself, life, the universe?

April

• 27 Gin-Flamed Tilapia - Fish, Fireworks, Wowza: Have a tough time selling young'uns, pisca-phobe spouse on food that swims?

• 23 Fatherly Pride In Swimming Ability Of Daughter: Which of your kid's accomplishments makes you bust a button?

• 20 Vacation Brain, Vacation Time Warp: What wonders does family time away from home work for you?

• 13 Cineplex Therapy For Strep Throat: What do you do when your kid's home sick?

• 6 Zombie Apocalypse In Suburban Superstore: At-homes, what's your worst, most demoralizing, place and time?

March

• 27 Househusband Macho And Chainsaw Love: What do you do, man, to feel more manly?

• 23 Killer Cake - Half The Sugar, Twice As Good: Care to share your own favorite recipe tweak?

• 18 Girls Way Meaner, Says Yahoo Poll: Guys, were we really so outgunned when we were kids? Are we still?

• 17 Against Conflict Resolution: Do problems between kids really need to be worked out?

• 12 Sad, Glad, Slammed On Birthday Party Eve: You, too, get torn up about child getting a year older? Does the party help?

• 10 First-Grade Friends And Nemeses: Do kids need to be mad at somebody in their group? Is it a girl thing?

• 6 Seven-Year-Old Shows New Racial Awareness: How in the world do we deal with this stuff?

February

• 24 No-Brainer Pancake/Waffle Batter: What do you put in front of kid(s) for breakfast?

• 19 Dad, You Are Embarrassing Me!: Is crazy self-consciousness normal? Does it last?

• 17 A Man Must Do His Own Daisy Girl Iron-Ons: SAH dads, you know you’re working the gender role thing, but where do you draw the line?

• 12 Child Can Swear On Very Special Day: Isn’t control better parenting than outright curse-word prohibition?

• 3 Never Again - Morning Homework: Do I really have to learn everything the hard way? Do you?

January

• 29 No Is New Yes: Do you and your kid(s) find happiness in refusal?

• 26 Loneliest Number Is Three: Why must triple-kid playdates end in tears?

• 20 Ghost of Birthday Party Past: Kid's big day should be kid's, right?

• 13 Daughterized Dad #1: Has fathering female(s) changed your world?

• 8 Better With Beer: Your kid(s) put on shows at home? Do you watch them? Enjoy? Avoid?

• 4 The Opposite Of Nostalgia: What don't you miss from earlier stages of parenting?

2009

December

• 24 See Daddy Run: Do you show off for your kid(s)?

• 11 Damn That Potty Mouth: Have problems with profanity? You, kid(s), everybody?

• 7 Brotherhood Of Isolation: Why Don’t SAH Fathers Hang Together Like Moms?

• 3 Santa For Dads: Got a favorite winter holiday tradition?

• 1 Shoot The Care Bear: A little twisted humor is harmless, right?

November

• 25 Ancestral Undergarments: Does your new generation treasure family legend and lore?

• 20 Minerva Discovers Rule Of Three: What if one/all of yours were triplets?

• 17 The Place Just Right: Is fathering better than you dared to hope?

• 13 The Capon Code: Ever (accidentally) cross the line with some kid’s mom?

• 10 Beastly Dad: Are you more of a jerk than you were before parenthood?

• 6 A Lesson Too Far: How much organized activity is too much?

• 3 God For Godless: Do you do religion for sake of kid(s)?

October

• 29 Pumping Pumpkin: Got personal tricks for high-impact baking?

• 27 No-TV Blowback: Thinking about weaning kid(s) off the screen? Already did?

• 23 Generation Kinder-Kill: Is pretend violence okay?

• 19 The Word-Size Queen: What happened to speaking simply to children?

• 15 Words Meant to Wound: What do you do when the child says I hate you?