(This is the Tantrum, in which Dadwagon’s writers debate one question over the course of a week. For previous Tantrums, click here.) Given my sordid past—dragging Sasha around Italy and San Francisco, carrying her to filthy, seedy bars full of tattooed, puking people—you might think I’d be in favor of kids in restaurants. It only …
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As we all know, Japan is always on the cutting edge of everything. And with a perennially ailing economy and a declining birthrate, the Japanese have an awesome new tool to get their citizens procreating: a robot baby with vaguely human facial expressions! The video: On the one hand, you’ve got to admire the Japanese …
At the urging of a new friend in Italy, I recently sought out and bought the out-of-print children’s classic The Lucky Yak. And when I say “children’s classic,” I really mean “a children’s book for adults who don’t want children.” Let me delve into DaddyTypes territory and explain: The Lucky Yak, written by Annetta Lawson …
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Last week, Sasha, now all of 15.5 months old, did something new: She signed. Now, she’d signed before—an occasional grasping hand for milk, fluttering both hands for “all done”—but this time she paired the sign, touching the tips of her fingers together on each hand, with a spoken word: “More.” And she did it again …
