Acceptable parenting trends of yore: riding in cars without seat belts and car seats and with people who smoked with the windows up.
Divide Parenting Tasks, Then Stay in Your Lane
Every family has their own way of dividing up tasks. Ours may not be typical but it’s something that works for our family.
Potty Break? Give This Dad a Break
How could I take my daughter for a potty break and violate the cardinal rule of driving with kids: “Do Not Stop Unless Absolutely Necessary.”
School Report Card Too Complex to Make the Grade
As a kid, I knew if I brought home a report card that wasn’t mostly As and Bs, I was in trouble. If I printed my daughter’s report card off my computer and showed it to her, she would have no clue where to begin making sense of it all.
I Don’t Care if My Kid Goes to College
A four-year college isn’t the only post-high-school answer. There’s travel, volunteer work, or maybe technical school to learn to become a mechanic.