My son, as is perhaps rather common, is having a Blue’s Clues moment. Of late, a blue animated dog and a guy in a striped rugby shirt have shunted to the dustbins of history (and my living room) both Bob the Builder and Thomas the Tank Engine. Fine by me. One rather interesting aspect of …
Monthly Archives: October 2010
The Tantrum: Is Gifted & Talented Evil?
I went to the season’s first New York Public Schools Gifted and Talented information session on Monday night. Whatever I was supposed to get out of the meeting, I came away with this: the K-5 Gifted and Talented program seems like an almost complete sham, but I might still try to get my daughter into …
Taiwanese Internet Parent-Child Endangerment Video!
Now that wacky Taiwanese reenactment videos have become a reputable genre in their own right–akin to Noh theater and the bromance films–I imagine it’s time for DadWagon to forward along the latest, kiddie-related specimen. This one is about whether or not parent over-sharing on the Intertubes brings harm to our offspring. Since we here at …
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Chinese Dads: They’re Just Like Us! (Or Maybe Not Really)
Once again, my quest for insight into the lives of modern fathers has led me halfway across the globe, to Chengdu, China, where I’ve been engaged in up-close observation of diaper-changing techniques, the ratio of toddlers-to-chain-smokers in area bars, and the price tags on Dong Feng brand attack strollers. Also, I’ve been eating a ton …
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