In an effort to keep up on what’s going on with daddyhood around the world, I recently signed up for a Google News alert on “father or dad.” The links that stream in daily are a stunning array of tragedy, comedy, tragicomedy and mystery. A brief summary: • Van Morrison is a father again—at the …
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I haven’t even started thinking about how drunk I’m going to get on New Year’s Eve, and already the scolds at Prevention magazine are offering their suggestions about the five habits to break in 2010: Everyone, and I mean everyone, has a bad habit (or three), and even if you’re not the resolution type, making …
Here at Dadwagon, we’re not real big on writing about the cute things our kids do. No, we’re much more concerned with bibby-banging, kvetching, decoding Dan Zanes lyrics and pissing off parent coaches. But since Chris has decided to jettison tradition and offer you, our dear readers, some actually useful advice, I figured I’d break …
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Dalia, at the age of 3 years and 10 months, now has imaginary friends. DadWagon reader, meet Wawa and Zoë. I believe they are standing just behind your left shoulder. Okay, now that you’ve met, let’s talk about the Most Celebrated Imaginary Friend of the Last Decade, Charlie Ravioli. Adam Gopnick wrote about him in …
