It was a week of ups and downs here on the ol’ DadWagon. Christopher, for instance, began the week fretting about whether he and his family might be killed by falling tree branches, but by Thursday afternoon he’d regained enough composure to be horrified by a pregnant woman sucking in her belly. Likewise, Nathan started …
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Here’s a nice post from Lisa Belkin, about older parents and the fact that their own parents miss out on some grandparenting time. Briefly: If you wait till you’re 40 to have kids, then the grandparents miss out on a bigger portion of their grandkids’ lives. Not tragic—just a fact, and one with consequences. What …
The nice thing about having a blog is that I can complain about whatever it is I want to complain about and no one can complain. Blogging = complaining – free-fire zone. Enter and you know what you’re in for. There. On to some more bitching about the New York City public school Fuck You. …
Look, I understand. The life of a suburban parent can be pretty boring. Weekend soccer games, brushing uncooperative teeth, PTA meetings—all add up to temptation. As the Times puts it: Kindergarten play dates versus the tap-tap-tap of coded radio transmissions. Housework versus the “brush pass” exchange of parcels. They were described as having concealed their …
