A nifty little rundown of child intransigence at Why Is Daddy Crying got me thinking about why I enjoy hearing about how stubborn other people’s kids are. Of course, I like it because it absolves me of a certain amount of responsibility for my kids’ ill-behavior. Dalia can be a world-class obstructionist, but if other …
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Today in Fatherhood: Celebrity Dads
Most of the hard work of fathering is carried out in the dim, totally boring dankness of non-fame: regular dads raising regular people who will never cause Harvey Levin to smirk or send out his hordes of batshit paparazzi. Fortunately, celebrity dads–the famous people who famously sired famous kids–are in the news again this week. …
PetCobra Gets Snipped
Jason Avant over at PetCobra and DadCentric will not be having any more children. This would be mostly of interest to him and his wife, if it weren’t for the excellent after-action report he wrote about the why and how of the vasectomy he had this month. Now, I would guess that at least some …
The Tantrum: Don’t Muss with Texas
(This is the third in our new series, “The Tantrum,” in which each of our four regulars will address one subject over the course of a week. Read about TV trauma here and ratting out your kid here.) It’s a case that DadWagon has been watching with some amusement and, let’s face it, a twinge of urban …