Tag: fatherhood
group name: celebratefamily
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June 10, 2008 02:56 PM EDT --
Our daughter Madeline will be 2 on June 13. She has never slept through the night. She's usually up every three hours or so. It's really taken on toll on my wife and me (but mostly . . . more
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June 12, 2008 02:16 PM EDT --
How did my daughter go from being this teeny-tiny little bean on the ultrasound screen to a vivacious, intelligent, sweet and beautiful 2 year old?
Here we are June 13, 2006. Madeline . . . more
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July 09, 2008 08:56 AM EDT --
I was feeling a little nostalgic and drifting back through years of family summer vacation pictures, including those I have just recently taken. It struck me in this viewing that the children change . . . more
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June 10, 2008 05:44 PM EDT --
That might be a scary sounding title, but it's not what some of you might think. I had a bit of an epiphany this afternoon while doing dishes, and Kaylin was crying for a bottle. An "epiphany" . . . more
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January 30, 2008 12:26 PM EST --
Day one was marked by a clear sense of unease, a nervousness just beneath the surface. I first picked up on this when I began dinner preparations. Coop, who usually busies himself with . . . more
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February 03, 2008 01:21 PM EST --
This is officially Not Funny Anymore. The little punks have given me this flu garbage. I've had it. I surrender. They can have McDonalds every night, and watch all the TV they want. . . . more
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February 28, 2008 05:34 PM EST --
Having children later in life has its advantages and disadvantages. The disadvantage I see is the effect that age has on the body, and not being able to keep up with your children as the grow into . . . more
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February 01, 2008 12:47 PM EST --
My four year old son decided he would spend Saturday night with Granny, and go to Sunday School with her the next morning. As they were getting ready for church Sunday morning, he was . . . more
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March 25, 2008 10:22 PM EDT --
What use is it for a blogger to go to Disney, if not to come back and write a long, snarky takedown of the Happiest Place on Earth? So here it comes.
I didn't like the coffee.
Is that . . . more
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July 04, 2008 09:09 AM EDT --
My family has been away on vacation for the past week, leaving me behind to have a career. For a family man, time away from the domestic cohabitants is always disorienting, but remaining behind . . . more
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February 04, 2008 06:08 PM EST --
The studies hailing the health and well-being benfits of family dinner are numerous. For children in the studies, frequent family dinners correlate with decreased alcohol, tobacco, drug use, eating . . . more
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April 22, 2008 11:05 PM EDT --
"Daddy, why were you wearing a napkin around your neck?" Ri-ri asked with such disdain in her voice that my stomach knotted. It was the most dispiriting criticism I've gotten . . . more
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February 01, 2008 02:59 PM EST --
If you have a sick child, it is very important not to turn a day off from school into a carnival atmosphere. Loads of coloring books, special movies, treats doled out to the sick child can obviously . . . more
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February 12, 2008 12:30 AM EST --
It's tough for a dad, no matter how evolved and dispassionate and balanced with values in the right place, to watch his child lose a game. It's even tougher for a guy to watch his child . . . more
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April 15, 2008 09:56 AM EDT --
Have you seen your Mom today?
Have you talked to your Dad?
Brothers or Sisters heard you say,
Of the good times you've had
What about your husband?
Maybe it's your wife,
Daughter . . . more
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June 04, 2008 11:58 PM EDT --
Several newly launched Dad sites have come to our attention in the last few days. Dadosphere is a social networking site, brought to you by the team at type-a mom . Obviously this site . . . more
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May 21, 2008 11:38 AM EDT --
Being a coach is a tough way to make a paycheck. I've watched a lot of them up close in my dozen years of living on a boarding school campus, so I know. Long hot afternoons on the practice . . . more
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July 18, 2008 04:19 PM EDT --
I married very well. At the moment of this writing I am aboard my FIL's trawler steaming from Martha's Vineyard back to Cape Cod. My BIL has been hosting our family at the old home . . . more
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June 27, 2008 06:30 PM EDT --
(This post is a continuation of a previous column about my recent travels to Stockholm to investigate their family leave and daycare policies.)
DadLabs is by no means alone on this press tour . . . more
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February 05, 2008 07:55 PM EST --
In a previous article, Daddy vs Friend , I express the challenges and obstacles that arise when the desire to be a friend to a child that is your son or daughter is realized. But what if.... . . . more
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