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...
