It’s the free, stupid! (No offense, Nathan.)

I just wanted to respond briefly to Nathan’s post from yesterday on whether it was important for a 3-year-old to go to school. I have no ideas about the long-term educational impact of schooling for toddlers, and truth be told, I don’t really care. Right now, it seems enough to me that JP enjoys school …

The Tantrum: Fathers, Sons, and Sports, Part 3

(This is the Tantrum, in which Dadwagon’s writers debate one issue over the course of a week. Normally, we try to answer a question, but this week, with the publication of “Are We Winning? Fathers and Sons in the New Golden Age of Baseball,” by Will Leitch, we’re doing something different. For previous Tantrums, click …

‘Babies’ is a movie. But is it as good as ‘Iron Man 2’?

We here at DadWagon won’t know the answer to that until after this weekend, when the documentary about four LOs from across the planet actually opens. That’s assuming we can all get sitters, of course. But in the meantime, there are reviews! Such as this one in the Village Voice: Babies offers little in the …