(This is the Tantrum, in which Dadwagon’s writers debate one issue over the course of a week. Normally, we try to answer a question, but this week, with the publication of “Are We Winning? Fathers and Sons in the New Golden Age of Baseball,” by Will Leitch, we’re doing something different. For previous Tantrums, click …
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Carly Berwick, writing at Next American City, asks a question you don’t hear asked much around my neighborhood: So when did 3-year-olds start needing an education? It is, of course, a fact of nature in the Upper West Side, that not just 3-year-olds but also 2-year-olds, and perhaps even 1-year-olds, need an education. Berwick, who …
I know that our dear readers have been waiting to hear DadWagon’s reaction to the Deep Horizons oil spill gush, so here it is: I’m for it. Okay, not really, of course. But I speak as a dad and out of self-interest (nothing new there). That’s because this spill gush, as perverse as its consequences …
Even casual observers of DadWagon must know that I love me some kids-ponder-death writing. I do it myself as often as the cheerful bastards who co-blog here will allow. This piece from Her Bad Mother is a lovely read. And at the same time depressing because really, none of us parents have good answers for …
