There’s this fundamental question that we tackle—sort of—every now and again here on Dadwagon. Fundamental, but it emerges in different forms. Yesterday, for example, Nathan wondered if he should have a third child. Back in July, Christopher spoke with Jennifer Senior about how having children makes you miserable. Theodore even once told you, our dear …
Monthly Archives: November 2010
Under the ‘Wagon
[This week DadWagon is proud of ‘basically goading’ NYC writer and father Alex Smith into guest-blogging for the week. Alex was recently profiled in AM New York for having over 2,600 CDs in his collection, so you can be assured he’s ‘basically fucking insane.’ Welcome aboard, Alex.] Sure, it sounded like it would be fun, …
Beware the Video Monkey on Your Back
My mother is coming to town for Thanksgiving, which can mean but one thing for JP and Ellie: GRANDPARENT BRIBERY BONANZA! Yes, good ole Grandma Diane knows better than to get around the grandkids without peace offerings in the form of clothing, books, sketchpads, candy, and, in this case for JP, videogames. I’m a little …
Here’s an Unanswerable Question
Two kids or three? I’ve been entirely certain that we had reached our limit—two kids—until this weekend, when some sort of synapse fired and suddenly it didn’t seem like complete insanity to have another child. It seemed, in fact, like a lovely idea. Now that it’s Monday and all the reveries of the weekend have …