Category: Parenting
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Change is hard
We talk about reinvention. I once was this. Now, I’m this. And it’s so because I made it happen. I didn’t. Life rolls on with a will we can’t control. You think it was your choice to “invent” the person you are? That there was some grand plan? A blueprint…
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Parenting Truth: Everything Changes, Always
Time and distance do not always provide perspective for parents. To gain it, one must still the mind and allow the swirl of emotions, events and smelly diapers to coalesce into a meaningful narrative. But how? When? The thing about parenting is that it’s always in motion. There is no…
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We Made You … Then You Made Me #ThanksBaby
I have partnered with Life of Dad and Pampers for this promotion. Your mom and I made you, boys. We don’t think about that much, I know, but … think about that. We made you. You grew inside your mom until you were ready for the world, and then ……
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I Found the Sun
He stirred and snorted. Awake, eyes closed. He said: “I found … the sun.” He found … What marvelous dream did I interrupt? The sun. I found the sun. Why was it lost? Where did he find it? How did he find it? Who did he tell? I like to think…
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The 5th Dad 2.0 Summit: Stories Everywhere You Looked
Stories simmered everywhere I looked this past weekend at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. I wish I had been there as a journalist. I wish I could have covered the fifth annual Dad 2.0 Summit in Washington, D.C., for a major news organization. For example: Esquire. The venerable men’s magazine — my…
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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…
Carter Gaddis, Writer & Editor 
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