A fun story about sons and fathers made the rounds at DadWagon HQ today. From tcpalm.com: An apparent family disagreement over lunch and name-calling turned into a violent confrontation involving a candleholder, guns and a bite to the arm, according to records released Monday. Yes, a 26-year-old man-child of a felon who lives with his …
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Shackling the Nail-Biter
I haven’t even started thinking about how drunk I’m going to get on New Year’s Eve, and already the scolds at Prevention magazine are offering their suggestions about the five habits to break in 2010: Everyone, and I mean everyone, has a bad habit (or three), and even if you’re not the resolution type, making …
Imaginary Friends Who Keep Dying
Dalia, at the age of 3 years and 10 months, now has imaginary friends. DadWagon reader, meet Wawa and Zoë. I believe they are standing just behind your left shoulder. Okay, now that you’ve met, let’s talk about the Most Celebrated Imaginary Friend of the Last Decade, Charlie Ravioli. Adam Gopnick wrote about him in …
Capoeira, Samba, and International Child Abduction
I have nothing against the great Republic of Brazil. I’ve never been there, but I understand they are world leaders in hairless crotches and bearded presidents. But the recent resolution of David Goldman’s five-year fight to get his 9-year-old boy Sean back to the States (the boy’s mother absconded to Brazil with the boy in 2004 and …
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