Author: Carter Gaddis
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Kids Feel Entitled? Don’t Blame a Trophy
Is achievement in youth sports a zero-sum activity? Your answer to that question likely will determine whether you think it’s some kind of social catastrophe for kids to receive a small, cheap, but lovely little token at the end of a youth sports season. Here’s another question: What is the…
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Tampa to Kissimmee: One Last Summer Blast
Tampa Bay area moms and dads are fortunate to live as near as we do to the world-famous attractions in and around Kissimmee. Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, Sea World – these are once-in-a-lifetime destinations for many families around the globe, and they’re right in our back yard. Our family has…
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The Pursuit of Happiness
A year ago today, I saw a rainbow in the sky on my way to work. At the office, I dropped my computer bag on my desk, walked to the corner office, and submitted my notice. After four-and-a-half years of cubicle life, it was time to move on. Events conspired…
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The Fine Line Between ‘I can’t’ and ‘I can’t – yet’
To a second grader, grownups are magicians. We can reach stuff in the high cabinets. We can make toast. We can drive a car. We can produce endless LEGO sets out of thin air. We can do things their developing minds consider mini-miracles. I kind of like it. Makes me…
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13 Things Horrible Parents Let Their Kids Do
If there is one thing I have learned in nearly a decade of parenthood, it is that there is no way to know for sure if you are doing it right. Only time will reveal how much you have screwed up your kids, and by then it will be too…
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Our Week with Kia Sorento: Road Trip Memories
I received a 2016 Kia Sorento SXL AWD on loan to drive and review for a week, courtesy of Drive Shop and Kia. Here are my thoughts. The timing of the loan was ideal. What better way to really get the feel for a family car like the 2016 Kia Sorento…
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We Will Always Go Back to Gulf County, Florida
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Visit Gulf County for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. Sunset at Cape San Blas … The boys leap in sync over the lips of low waves that bubble off the Gulf of Mexico. Peals of laughter drift up…
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The Doofus Dad Stereotype is Still a Thing, Unfortunately
Our older son is at a Friday night birthday party in the next neighborhood up the road. Our younger son requested a viewing of Frozen. My wife, their mother, is – as of this writing – stuck on an airplane that is runway-bound while it waits out a nasty Central…
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Free-Range Parenting: Knowing When to Let Go
I asked our 9-year-old son if he thought he and his 6-year-old brother were old enough to walk the mile between our home and the neighborhood community pool without me or Mom. He shook his head “no” before I finished the question. “Maybe in one more year,” he said. “But…
Carter Gaddis, Writer & Editor 
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