First of all, despite what this dippy, faux-sentimental post at Babble (“I Read My Daughter’s Diary: How could I? How could I not?”) has to say about it, there’s no agonizing over reading your daughter’s diary: either you do it or you don’t. If you do it, you don’t feel bad about it—you did it, …
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In some ways I think this merits a more in-depth discussion, but I’ll leave that for another, less busy day. I have a friend who has released a new iPhone app called DateMate, which—and I’m not entirely certain what this means—purports to help you “plan, track and report on your relationships.” I’ll leave it to …
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There aren’t many things I won’t second-guess myself about. Particularly when it comes to parenting, I’m more than happy to indulge thoughts that involve “I shouldn’t have said that” or “What the hell was I thinking?” But I will not be baited by the Star Wars scare-droids. You know: those people who tell you that …
As Nathan informed us all yesterday, he is an absolute genius at planning children’s birthday parties. Seriously! In fact, he’s soon to be heading up a new DadWagon division, Pint-Size Parties R Us. Profitability is, at last, in our future! I jest, of course. (DadWagon has been hugely profitable since Day One.) Jean, Sasha and …
