A parent starts from scratch every day and runs until empty, hoping he has done something right, that one of his lessons actually sticks. But he won’t know for a while. Not for years. And the lack of feedback, direct or otherwise, makes the job even harder, making it very easy to succumb to self-doubt. This is why judgment from other parents is so obnoxiously redundant. Every decent parent already constantly questions his own parenting. Here is a small sampling of the questions that run through nearly every parent’s head nearly every single day: Am I doing this right? Am I … [Read more...]
From Where I Sit, Parenting is an All-Around Activity
If you walk into my house during dinner or during a movie night, you can tell my parenting style from where I sit. And there is a reason I sit where I do. The house I grew up in was arranged like most houses during the 1970s and '80s. Our living room showcased the hierarchy of the home. A couch and a loveseat lined up along the walls opposite one another while my father’s recliner received a direct view of the television. If you were seated on the couch or loveseat, you had to turn your head or body to watch TV. My father’s chair always seemed silly to me, even though my sister and I … [Read more...]
‘ZagZig Parenting’ When Mom, Dad Switch Traditional Family Roles
Joining us for a talk about gender role reversal in parenting as the Modern Dads Podcast interviews Kori Reed and Mike Becker, the husband and wife team who have written ZagZig Parenting: (Mis)Adventures of a Career-Driven Mom and a Stay-at-Home Dad. ZagZig Parenting takes readers along for the journey as a thoroughly contemporary married couple switch traditional parenting roles with her being the bread-winners and him being the caretaker of children. They share their differences, struggles, mistakes and failures -- all with a comic touch -- in ZagZig. They even include let their children … [Read more...]
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