Confident in my 50th percentile-ness
It always takes me the first few days of a beach vacation just to get comfortable in the attire, or lack thereof. The wardrobe of the cold wintry north is much more forgiving when it comes to those of...
View Article4 reasons I love being a working Mr. Mom
A couple of years ago, I wrote a blog post called “Primary Parental Unit” which was recently reprinted on Role/Reboot. Prompted by the reprint request, I reread the original post and felt it deserved...
View ArticleStand up and stop bullying
Hi my name is Ella I live in Edmonton, AB, Canada. I am 8 years old. I have had experience in bullying and I still do. But trust me, if you stand up for yourself and others, it will stop. If you do...
View ArticleModern Family makes great family viewing
My family loves watching Modern Family. We all enjoy the show and we enjoy watching it as a family activity. Now before you judge me (and, trust me, I judge myself) for citing television watching as a...
View ArticlePrimary parenting dads take a lot of crap (and I’m not talking about diapers)
Increasingly, dads are choosing to play a primary parenting role in the lives of their kids and families. And they’re doing it for a variety of reasons: emotional, cultural and economic. But don’t for...
View ArticleNever stop doing what you love
I write, but I am not a writer. That’s what I’ve always told myself anyway. The difference to me is this: a writer writes as an end in itself, striving to craft the best prose he can. But, that’s not...
View Article3 ways my mom taught me how to be a dad
Today is June 14. It’s a date that will always be special to me because it was my mom’s birthday. She would have been 72 today. Though she left us in body only 3 years ago, she was abandoned by her...
View ArticleRoad trip: Tips for making lifetime memories
People looked at me like I was nuts when I told them what we were doing for our summer vacation. “Driving from Toronto back to Edmonton. Just me and my twin 9 year olds in the back seat.” As crazy as...
View ArticleReinventing the birds and the bees
I never did understand the term “birds and the bees“. I mean, I know what it idiomatically refers to. I’ve just never understood what birds and bees had to do with explaining sexuality to kids. As if...
View ArticleCord blood storage answers a question you never want to be asked as a parent
It wasn’t easy for us to get pregnant. We’d succeeded once, then lost it. We continued trying, but it just wasn’t happening. So we sought help and, through a progressive series of interventions, we...
View ArticleMy boy wants an earring and I don’t want to say no
We had the boys and earrings conversation today and I’m a bit unsure of how to proceed. My boy is 9 and a half and has developed a personality that likes to “stand out from the crowd”, as he puts it....
View ArticleWhy ear cuffs are better than earrings for my boy
A few months back, I wrote about the great earring debate in our home. My son wanted to get his ears pierced and we were trying to figure out how to handle this request from a not quite 10 year old....
View ArticleFive easy ways to teach kids about money
We all want our kids to be financially literate and to appreciate that money doesn’t grow on trees. Problem is, we often act in ways that do not reinforce that value set. I came across this helpful...
View ArticleStop steaming your potatoes and bake them
I’d been doing it wrong for my entire life. Wrapping a potato in tin foil and sticking it in the oven or on a BBQ is more like steaming your potatoes than baking them. If you want the best baked potato...
View ArticleMom’s Chocolate Chip Butter Balls
It’s amazing how the smell and taste of certain foods can recreate a long-lost time or place. Or, in this case, a person. Christmas reminds me of my mother – which might strike you as strange for a man...
View ArticlePrimary parenting dads take a lot of crap (and I’m not talking about diapers)
Increasingly, dads are choosing to play a primary parenting role in the lives of their kids and families. And they’re doing it for a variety of reasons: emotional, cultural and economic. But don’t for...
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