The role dads can play in raising future leaders and social cause advocates will be the focus of a talk Wednesday, June 12, featuring the father of human rights activist Malala Yousafzai. NYC Dads Group will host the event, slated for 7 pm at 632 Broadway in Manhattan, called "Let Them Fly: Raising Empowered Leaders, Advocates, and Citizens." Ziauddin Yousafzai, co-founder and board member of Malala Fund, will be one of the featured speakers. His efforts to resist Taliban efforts to limit freedoms in Pakistan inspired his daughter, Malala, to publicly campaign for the right of girls to … [Read more...]
Forge Your Own Parenting Path Despite Your Parents’ Teachings
The last thing on your mind the first week you have your newborn home is keeping a tidy house. So when my parents came over to see their new granddaughter, our coffee table was a disaster. Frantically scattered upon it lay every single parenting book we had bought, read, forgot about, and then frantically dug up again in the previous 72 hours when it became clear how woefully over our heads we were. Why the hell did I think I’d learn to swaddle a baby just by reading about it once? And why won’t she sleep? Wait … is she sleeping now? Is she dead? No … she’s definitely asleep. “Wow. Look … [Read more...]
Parenting Fails Can Sometimes Be Wins for You and Your Kids
I’m not that great of a parent. But sometimes my bad parenting actually works out. Some of my parenting fails are actually kind of wins! I made a list of things I do wrong as a parent that actually make my sons happy so who cares … besides me, 10 years from now, when my instant gratification policy has turned them both into monsters. My Nine Best Parenting Fails Co-sleeping – Sometimes it’s by choice, sometimes it’s because I can’t be bothered to bring him back to his room. But my 5-year-old loves it, and assuming that he grows out of it before he’s say, fifteen, I’m not too … [Read more...]
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