Have you ever heard of a guy named Roger Dawson? No, well, if your toddler is anything like mine, perhaps you should. He’s the author of You Can Get Anything You Want, but You Have To Do More Than Ask. These days, everything I do with JP is a function of haggling. “Breakfast: A Tragedy …
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The Tantrum: Should I Send My Kid to Private School?
(This is the Tantrum, in which DadWagon’s editors debate one question over the course of a week. For previous Tantrums, click here.) Let’s be clear about this right from the start: No, and not because I don’t want to (I’ll get to my feelings on that later). It’s because I can’t. For those of you …
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The Tantrum: Is It Wrong to Raise a Geek? Part 4
Yes—and, of course, no. I’ll start with no. In school, I was, in all honesty, not really a geek. I was president of the school my senior year, captain of the soccer team, lead in the play, and while I wasn’t necessarily a sex-god, I did have a date to the prom, she was gorgeous, …
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Napmink!
Must admit, of the four Dadwagoneers on this site, I’m most likely the least committed daddy-shopper. Now, I’m not entirely unaffected by the rigorous ministrations of the ad-monkeys running this planet. I, like everyone else, am deeply moved at the sight of a girl doll with a “willie na na” (a technical term); and who …