Let’s get real for a moment. What would you do if someone did this to you? What about this? This? HOW ABOUT THIS?? I’ll tell you what you’d do – you’d call the cops, call an exorcist, or mete out violent retribution with your own two thirsty-for-blood fists. Unless, of course, those responsible happened to look like this: I have suffered each of these … Continue reading Why God Made the Children Cute
“Do I hate autism?” I found myself awake one night wrestling with that question. It had been a harder evening than most, one wherein my son had dealt with way too much sensory overload during a trip to the mall. This resulted in a meltdown that was far more explosive than what his mother and I were used to. All in full view of an alternatively pitying … Continue reading Autism Isn’t the Enemy
I know this seems a bit out-of-place, but I’ve noticed lately on some of the online dad groups I frequent that a lot of parents are struggling with the issue of medication for mood disorders like depression or anxiety. Whether it be for themselves or even their kids. Lord knows I have. After all, when you’re hurting, all you want is relief. Even more so when … Continue reading To Medicate Or Not To Medicate
One of the things that scares me the most about parenting is what might happen if or when my boys find themselves in a situation where they’re being bullied. I know with the boys being 4 and 6 it’s a little early for me to start worrying about something that may never happen, but it honestly wears on my mind. Especially now that they’re both … Continue reading The Worst Bully
No, not that one. The other one. The one that had me praying for death just as a new year was dawning. The flu. Common wisdom holds that any man stricken with such a disease will immediately revert to a state that’s somewhere between infant and corpse. That’s certainly what I WANTED to do. There was just one small problem: I wasn’t the only victim. … Continue reading The F-Bomb
o all the parents out there of kids with extra needs: You might be feeling defeated today. The exhaustion and anxiety have set in. You feel like Sisyphus with his rock. You got so far with getting your child what he or she needs and deserves, and then something went wrong. It could have been any number of things; A meltdown. A bad … Continue reading For The “Extra Needs” Parents
Struggle is not weakness. When you become a parent, you take on the hardest and most important job in the world – the raising and nurturing of a new person. Your life becomes consumed with doing everything you can to make sure that little person has everything they need, and quite a bit of what they want. Mostly you just try to do your … Continue reading Struggle is Not Weakness
In the post-apocalyptic world, children are a death sentence. “Wait”, you say shaking your head in confusion, “won’t children become even more important after the apocalypse? Won’t we need them to propagate the species?”. Nice thought, but the truth is just the reverse. Look at the average behavior of any child under the age of six and it won’t take long for you to figure … Continue reading Five Ways My Kids Are Going To Get Me Killed in the Zombie Apocalypse
We live in a world of our own making. What we’re experiencing right now, our present, is defined by what we choose to believe and what we choose to do with those beliefs from second to second. Turning on the news and watching the tragedies that are unfolding in the world as you read this leads to the sobering realization that we, all of us, … Continue reading Building a Better Future
Fatherhood in the Trenches 