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It’s lunchtime as I write this, and I’m sitting in a family-friendly restaurant. Near me is a table with two mothers and a bunch of children. The two oldest, about 7 and about 5, in identical tie-dyed shirts, seem to be brothers. About a minute ago their mom took them to the rest […]

The Punks are growing. It’s not some great revelation, but it does surprise me when they actually demonstrate it.
Punk #1 is 8 years old and on Saturday decided that he’d really like an iPod. This didn’t come out of left field, his mom and I each have one and his eight year old […]

This past weekend, I attended Podcamp NYC 2.0. This was a conference I organized, taking place in a city where I do not live, requiring tons of time and effort on my part to put on, and requiring sacrifices on the part of my family as a result. The conference was terrific, I […]

I wish I could remember dates. I’d be able to tell you how old Andrew was when he smashed my thumb.
It wasn’t his fault, actually. We were playing football in the back yard. He was wanting to practice kicking. I think that he had tried punting. Now he wanted to try kicking field goals.
I was […]

I am a stepfather. When I married my wife, she had two children from a previous marriage. As I love my wife, I love my children, regardless of their biological origins. And not just because part of them comes from my beloved. I love them for who they are. However, there are times when […]

There are times when I am sitting at the dining room table doing school work with my son and and it is nearly impossible to keep myself from banging my head on the table in frustration. My son is such a bright kid, but some days he just will not focus. He will not listen. […]

I started taking piano lessons when I was in the first grade, and intended to start the older boys fairly young as well. As it turned out, the activities we had were enough and I didn’t get started on piano. Last year, things were going better so I thought it was time to start […]

Ben is rushing headlong into adolescence, and I’ve realized that I need to stay current and update a few of my time-honored parenting strategies. Let me lay out a recent scenario for you in order to illustrate just how I’m going to need to change things up:
A few days ago, Ben started intramural track […]

With this post, I admit defeat. Toddlerhood has won. It’s over. I’m throwing my towel in.
This parenting thing is kicking my a**, and I’m done. Beat. Tired. A bloody pulp on the floor, gasping for air.
Max, at two-and-a-half, is completely normal, I think. There’s nothing about him that seems “off” in how he plays […]

If you were making a list of things that you do what would be on it?
Aside from your family- what makes you, you? What excites you? What makes you feel right? What do you bring to your relationships? Your marriage? Your friends? What do you add to the […]