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About Jeff Bogle

Jeff Bogle is an at-home dad who writes humorously about parenting and all things childhood on his site Out with the Kids. His work frequently appears on The Huffington Post and The Good Men Project, among other print and online outlets. He is married to an adorable redheaded gal and has two lovely young ladies. He considers himself one of the luckiest guys in the world, although he needs to be reminded of this fact from time to time.

Teen Daughter Approaches Crossroads of Adulthood, Childhood

April 12, 2018 by Jeff Bogle Leave a Comment

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It’s often described as a tightrope, but that’s not terribly accurate. There is no risk of falling off either side. This period of life, the immeasurable, undefinable, delicate space between childhood and young adulthood, is more akin to finding yourself in the middle of a meadow. It can be peaceful and pleasant but also foreboding. All depends on the direction of the wind and the light or absence thereof. The meadow in the midst of youth and growing up is a vast space between two distinctly different environments: to the left, the lush forest up ahead with flora and fauna but with less … [Read more...]

Filed Under: growing up, relationships, teens / tweens Tagged With: daughters

Time Flies but Parent Learns Growing Up Never Ends

January 22, 2018 by Jeff Bogle Leave a Comment

electric razor scooter striped socks

Eight traffic lights separate the short driveway in front of our home and our grade school’s two separate parent drop-off zones. Pushing back from the gate by 7:46 a.m. affords us the time to just miss a few of them. We’ve got to be reversing out of the driveway by 7:46 each morning with lunches, flutes and books in tow, or else. Any later, even just one minute later, and a just missed traffic light flipping from green to yellow to red might result in my oldest child being late for school, and this parent having to walk her in, hand her over, and walk back to the car alone with a pink tardy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: growing up Tagged With: discipline

Nearly a Tween, Daughter Enjoying Childhood for as Long as She Can

September 25, 2017 by Jeff Bogle Leave a Comment

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My wife and I decided we wanted to raise children, not groom future college students or prep them for cubicled middle management, and to invest in childhood at every turn. Our return on investment has been remarkable. She’s arrived here at her own pace, free from impediments and devoid of turbocharged power boosts that would race her toward an imaginary checkered flag. My oldest daughter is 12. And a half, technically. A tween by any definition, and her childhood is still going strong. Some days she’s got the swagger of a confident individual who has all the answers, in a distinctly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: growing up, teens / tweens Tagged With: tweens

Judging Other Parents Brings Smug Satisfaction, Regret

August 31, 2017 by Jeff Bogle 1 Comment

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There was a time not so long ago, let’s just call that time "yesterday," when I would have judged you. Quietly. To myself in the moment we two shared without your knowledge but not in nearly as creepy a way as that sounds. I would be again judging you later, to my wife that evening after the kids were in bed and I’d become a tad punch-drunk thanks to the lateness of the hour. I’d crack wise and witty about your laziness, about how you’d rather keep your toddler distracted than have to actually engage and be present as a mom, about how your kid is growing up perfectly suited to the modern … [Read more...]

Filed Under: parenting styles Tagged With: overparenting

Sex: Talk to Your Kids About It so They Don’t Repeat Your Mistakes

August 14, 2017 by Jeff Bogle Leave a Comment

There’s no evidence of my mom or dad ever sitting me down for “the talk.” Any knowledge of female anatomy I gained during my formative years was acquired from unseemly sources: a flickering screen in the dark of night in the basement, glossy rags stashed beneath off-season clothing, and crude classmates in the hallways of my private, all-boys high school. If you were to develop a sex ed plan, mine would be close to the opposite of ideal. My lack of understanding about girls, and about my own body too, was painfully obvious during my high school years … and in the years that followed. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: growing up, relationships Tagged With: sex, sex education, sponsored event / post

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