Dear Readers, As some of you might have noticed, DadWagon has added a new category to the site recently: link bait. This is our sorta catchall term for posts that are really just about internet trends or stories related to parenting, but not really about our parenting lives (media, for those of you who are …
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What’s Normal About Work, Anyway?
JP just returned from a week’s vacation, and needless to say, I am inordinately excited to see him. This isn’t as much of a given as it might seem at first. One of the semi-rules (semi in the sense that I feel free to break them) I have established for myself as a divorced father …
A Week on the Wagon: Matt on Mars edition
First, before reckoning with any of the posts added to the site this week, I think we have to address something disturbing and a little frightening: Matt chose to take a vacation somewhere that has no Internet access. Now, we all go on vacation from time to time (although why a travel writer needs to …
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Ugly: Parents Are the Last to Know
As the birth of my second child nears, I’m forced to confront the reality that babies are, in fact, hideously ugly. No point in denying it–little raisin-things covered in poop, screaming at high volumes, clutching the air with sweat-covered claws. It’s not pretty. The only relief comes in knowing that as a parent you will …