Over in Boston recently, a mom couldn’t get her 14-year-old son to stop playing “Grand Theft Auto,” so, being a concerned parent, Angela Mejia did what comes naturally: She called 911. According to the Boston Herald: An argument ensued as Mejia unplugged her son’s PlayStation. Then, this mad-as-hell mother dialed 911. Police responded and managed …
Monthly Archives: December 2009
THE TANTRUM: Our Glowing Contaminant, Part 2
(This is the second post in our new series, “The Tantrum,” in which each of our four regulars will address one subject over the course of a week. Read the first one here.) See this freighter here? That’s what I would guess the imaginary container ship—the one I lied to my 3-year-old about—would look like. …
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Everyone Knows I Hate the World: New York Edition
Before I get into this post, I’d like to write a bit about how we come up with ideas for the blog here at Dadwagon. Many of our posts are derived individually, from things that happen to us in our daily fathering lives. Others come from our wasting time reading. And a few are referred …
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What is the sound of one tooth brushing?
All right, I’m exaggerating. He’s got two teeth, not one. But we’ve just learned that we should be brushing them, and even bought a tiny silicone-rubberfingertip toothbrush. (And, by the way, it took some doing to find one that didn’t bear the sponsored image of SpongeBob, or a Little Mermaid, or Elmo, or anyone else.) …