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Parenting/Family LifeParents urge kids to live on the wild sideOn recent family trip to Denmark, wife and I loved how DANGEROUS everything was—perilous play equipment, no bike helmets, creaky amusement park rides. Got me thinking about sanctity of safety among parents at home and recent books that celebrate virtues of sketchy situations for kids… Published by Reuters, August 27, 2008
Adventures in Family Air TravelThat dad with the hyper disruptive brats two rows back? I’m that guy. In this essay-as-desperate-apology, I try to make amends and imagine an airline geared specifically for families… Published by Reuters, Aug. 12, 2008
Is Summer Camp Too Hokey?I go out on a limb and make the following highly controversial, deeply provocative assertion: Summer Camp Rules. Published by Reuters, July 29 2008
When treating kids like royalty has to stopCommentary on how kids today are spoiled and coddled became a more limited but truthful account of how I spoil and coddle my kid. Published by Reuters, June 18, 2008
I promise to love, cherish … and buy a minivanHow I learned to stop worrying and love my minivan. Published by Reuters, June 3, 2008
Rats bring out the caveman in the modern dadWe had rats. I killed one. Read all about it. Published by Reuters, May 19, 2008
Parents, unite! Ban birthday party blowoutsLatest Family Life column is parental call to arms to stop the madness around kiddie birthday parties. Si se puede! Published by Reuters, May 5, 2008
Hear ye, hear ye! My parenting manifesto!Family Life column on Parenting Manifestos, including a few self-evident foundational truths of my own… Published by Reuters, April 23, 2008
Boys, Guns and the ‘Bang Bang Gene’Family Life column for Reuters on boys, guns and the “bang bang gene.” Published by Reuters, March 25, 2008
Fear Fuels Baby Business BoomLatest Family Life column details my nightmares in babyproofing and the billion-dollar “mommy market.” Published by Reuters, April 9, 2008
Dads Grapple With New Role: Tech SupportThis week’s column wonders why being a dad today so often means being an IT guy. Published by Retuers, March 11, 2008
An Inconvenient Truth - Kids Aren’t Perfect (No Duh)Latest Reuters column, this one a dinner party anecdote about a hot babysitter wrapped up in depressing ruminations about the basic savagery and superficiality of human nature. Fun! Published on Retuers, Feb. 26, 2008
Is a taste of deceit with carrots so bad for kids?The first piece written for my new “Family Life” column for Reuters is all about kids and food and how far we as parents will go to get something un-fried, un-sweetened and halfway nutritious into the mouths of our picky little tyrants. Published by Reuters, January 16, 2008
Can Enthusiasm for Breastfeeding Go Too Far?The second installment of my new Reuters column involves a celebrity pediatrician and my wife’s boobs. Response has been highly enjoyable, ranging from the dad who took the opportunity to rave about how he can bring his wife to orgasm through nursing to the New Zealand feminist blogger who can’t believe we didn’t get more worked up about our our groovy pediatrician.
Published on Reuters, Feb. 1, 2008
Irving the Snowchicken is Coming to TownForget Christmakkah and Festivus. Our interfaith holiday involves a magical rooster who fills the children’s pants with presents. Published on Salon.com, December 22, 2007
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