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Seven-Year-Old Shows New Racial Awareness
How in the world do we deal with this stuff?
More Innocence Lost, Color Blindness Is Over
Blogged fast, out of need: Used to be hard to tell if Girl Child really meant what she said or was just goofing, pulling the Old Man's chain, trying to get… read on »
March 6, 2010
Dad, You Are Embarrassing Me!
Is crazy self-consciousness normal? Does it last?
Life Under Gaze Of A Million Invisible People
Challenge of the morning: How do we get Girl Child’s hair washed if I can’t help while she’s in the bathtub? For maybe a year now, she’s been modest around… read on »
February 19, 2010
Loneliest Number Is Three
Why must triple-kid playdates end in tears?
Hold Line At One Friend Over At A Time
Can’t blame my one and only for saying “Yes” when Girl Child’s friend from up the block calls and asks if it’s okay to come over. Minerva spends less time… read on »
January 26, 2010
Ghost of Birthday Party Past
Kid's big day should be kid's, right?
As Child’s Seventh Approaches, Father Reflects, Prepares Self Spiritually
Among our zillion digi-pictures is a shot that says a lot about making kids cry at their own birthday parties. The image dates to a small backyard gathering when Girl… read on »
January 20, 2010
Beastly Dad
Are you more of a jerk than you were before parenthood?
School Morning Reveals Loud And Really Unlikable Alter Ego
Jean-Paul Sartre was wrong. Hell is not other people. Hell is yourself – more specifically, yourself trying to get an obstreperous six-year-old geared-up and out the door on time. Painful,… read on »
November 10, 2009
Pater’s Plays
Father, Dear Father by Dixie Reelers
Roots Country (late 1930s) in Bad Dad vein. POV of child at bar begging father to come home where the fam freezes in dark. Download to hear Little Billy’s last words. Play on portable before you stop for drinks after work.
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The Hurt Locker directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Fatherhood adds immeasurably to the hurt of U.S. Army soldiers portrayed in this Iraq War masterpiece -- N-O-T definitely not for kids -- that deserved more than…
March 9, 2010 | Permanent Link
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