CO-PARENTING AND THE DISPOSABILITY OF THE MODERN FATHER
Fact: Only about half of American children live in households with both parents. With almost 40 million children living without daily...
5 THINGS EVERY PARENT NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THE EDUCATION SYSTEM
One of the most stressful things for many parents is navigating the education system. For divorced parents, the debate over where kids...
A LOT CAN HAPPEN IN A MONTH
I knew that I had been away for a while, but I didn't realize that six weeks had passed. Looking at everything that has happened since my...
IT'S DIFFERENT WHEN THEY'RE YOURS, AND OTHER USELESS WISDOM FOR NEW PARENTS
If you've spent much time on this blog, you know that I resisted children with every fiber of my being. On one hand, I spent ten years...
ROUTINE IS THE KEY TO STAYING SANE
One of the debates I find myself circling back to on a regular basis is whether or not kids thrive when they have routines. Despite...
3 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT POLITICS AND PARENTING
Confession: I read a lot of posts on parenting. And yes, I read the comments. I know I shouldn't, but curiosity has always troubled me....
SACRIFICE AND DOING WHAT'S BEST: A HEATED DEBATE
Sacrifice is not the suffering that we are willing to inflict upon others, but the suffering which we endure for the sake of others....
BETSY DEVOS AND THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEBATE
Education is a huge part of our family. For starters, I entered teaching as a teaching assistant at the University of Arkansas ten years...
IN DEFENSE OF FATHERHOOD
I am uncomfortable with confusion. So, naturally, my immediate reaction to fatherhood was to read everything, and I do mean everything, I...
GOAL SETTING IN 2017
This is not the year of resolutions. For me, resolutions often stem from a place of negativity, from the mentality that something is...
CHRISTMAS INSIDE A BLENDED FAMILY
The last entry in Blogmas appropriately calls for a description of Christmas morning, but blended families aren't always able to...
7 THINGS I LEARNED FROM DIVORCE
1. Trust your gut. This is not about regret or hindsight; it's about understanding that sometimes fear and doubt are well-founded. When I...
A LETTER TO MY FOREVER DATE WHEN BREASTFEEDING DIDN'T WORK OUT
Dear You, My most cherished memory is not the moment we met our son together in that hospital room, or debating names every waking minute...
RUDOLPH SUCKS, AND OTHER HOLIDAY TALES
I'm returning from a self-imposed hiatus just in time for the holiday season. My graduate work is (mostly) complete, the election is...
5 WAYS TO SURVIVE THE WITCHING HOUR
A few days ago I posted about the absolute horror that is the witching hour with little commentary and even less hope, but I'm not one to...
