Vasectomy. There, I said it. If you are like most guys you are probably squirming around in your seat as you read this. If you are on the bus and people are starting to look at you funny, I’m sorry, you might want to come back and read this article later, because it’s all about …
Continue reading The V-Word: Everything You Never Wanted to Know about VasectomiesMay 2009
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I just watched the last hour of Invincible, the story of Vince Papali, who is played by Mark (y) Wahlberg. That was a good simple story. The entire movie built up to the first win of the season for the Eagles that year. And it ended without the usual montage of “fast-forwarding through all the …
Continue reading Where Is Our Inspiration?Those souls wishing to question the power of praise, should try it out on any random group of children. The following scene is set at the preschool my wife and I ran together until the final week of last December. One dozen children are sitting around a long oval table, waiting for delivery of their …
Continue reading Why We Should Praise Our ChildrenI have been reading aloud to my daughter from Still More Stories from Grandma’s Attic, stories of growing up in Michigan in the early 20th century, recounted by an aging Grandma. In one chapter, she expresses her recollections of her father, who had said he would confiscate her things that she left lying around the …
Continue reading A child's insight into a father's motivesWe signed up a little over a year ago to receive DVDs and Blu-Ray disks through the Mail from Netflix.com. We don’t get out much as a family to the movies, and this has allowed us to catch up on a lot of movies and TV that we’ve missed out on, but what I really …
Continue reading The Roku Box – and Netflix – Kid GoodnessLove Hurts. Perhaps there is a reason cupid walks around with a quill full of arrows. With every piercing of the heart that leads to blossoming love there is also the distinct possibility of the pain associated with removing the arrow when a relationship experiences turbulent times. Trust me, I know firsthand the awful feelings …
Continue reading Love Hurts (And So Does Seeing Your Kid Cry…)Ever since I handed my 7 year old daughter a guest post on my primary blog a couple months back, she’s been itching to have another pirouette in the spotlight. When I told her I was planning to write a list of things to do with your children over summer, she asked if she could …
Continue reading 10 Things for the Best Summer Ever! (according to a 7 year old)In both parenting and gardening, concerted cultivation is required to enjoy beauty. Both require patience, consistency and wisdom – and both can be tremendously rewarding.
Continue reading Concerted cultivation in parenting and gardeningGot a question? Ask BloggerDad! It’s Friday, so it must be time to open up the Ask Blogger Dad mail bag! Feel free to email me at IDrawComics (at) gmail.com or leave a comment here and I’ll respond. If you are really ashamed of yourself, and you probably should be for emailing a make believe …
Continue reading Ask Blogger Dad : Boobies, 'wallet' size, and neighborhood dogsFor my baby daughter, and millions of others with food allergies, nuts can be deadly. Not a bad stomach ache, or a rash, they can kill her. Now that’s not going to happen, but it could. You see a couple weeks ago, we found out she is allergic to eggs and nuts.  She had bad …
Continue reading Peanuts Are Poison To My Baby Girl (and Millions Like Her)The good folks at Griffin Technology have partnered with Dad-o-matic for a special Father’s Day series of giveaways featuring some of their best products. For the next four weeks, starting on May 24, 2009, someone will win a Griffin Prize Package that includes all of these cool prizes. Simplifi Powerjolt SE SmartShare USB AirCurve NuForm …
Continue reading Father's Day Giveaway from GriffinSpring has sprung, and dads everywhere are dusting seats, tightening bolts, lubricating chains and pumping air into the tires of the family bicycles. Riding a bike is something I love to do, and something I cannot help but equate to fond memories of both childhood and fatherhood. As a kid, there were few things as …
Continue reading Go Ride A Bike!Rapid evolution is sweeping the planet, pushing us faster and farther than ever before. Communication is now nearly as instant as thought. It is those who weild the sharpest skills to clearly communicate who will be the ones to mine the most from the future’s rewards. This isn’t handed down. Skilled communication isn’t innate, it …
Continue reading Give Your Child a Future Without LimitsGot a question? Ask BloggerDad! Welcome to the second edition of Ask Blogger Dad, your one stop spot for bad advice! Thanks for the warm response to my debut column last week. If there’s one thing I’ve learned from the reaction, it’s that I should REALLY be charging you people for access to my wisdom. …
Continue reading Ask Blogger Dad – May 16, 2009 Ignored wives, bad movies and why men don't cleanI’m all for positive nuclear family images in kid films, even the “hit-you-over-the head-with-a-mallet” kind (see: Spy Kids). What makes me uncomfortable is when divorce is superfluously depicted to kids as the end of the world. The obvious inference to real-life children of divorce (of which there are roughly one million a year): Your family is broken. Happy ending for us; stinks to be you.
Continue reading Why Must Kid Films Demonize Divorce?It’s Mother’s Day, so naturally that would have to be the topic for my weekly visit to Dad-O-Matic. As a Dad, I thought long and hard and realized that I wouldn’t be a Dad if not for two very important Mothers… My Mom, and the Mother of my three wonderful kids! So, in tribute to …
Continue reading Without Moms There Wouldn’t Be Dads!Hi everyone, My name is Sean Platt and I’m new here at Dad-O-Matic. I’m also known around the Net as Writer Dad. I’m a big believer that life’s a lot better when you use the right words. Mother’s Day is here. We all know we need to call up mom, wish her a happy Mother’s …
Continue reading How to Have the Best Mother's Day Ever!It’s the age-old problem. Your wife’s libido doesn’t match yours. You’ve heard “I’m tired†so many times you can’t tell if your wife is speaking for herself or her Honda. I’m going to be kicked out of the girls’ club for this, but I’m going to break it down for you gentlemen. Man up now, …
Continue reading 5 Ways to Get More Sex from Your WifeGot a question? Ask BloggerDad! When the good folks at Dad-O-Matic asked me to write for them, I had to a) make sure they didn’t mean to send the email to somebody else and b) think up something to write about. So I figured, why not write an advice column? First, a bit of an …
Continue reading Ask BloggerDadI bet many of you moms and dads had collections when you were children. Some of you collected dolls, some trading cards. Did you realize at the time though how much that activity added to your life? As parents today, one of the best activities we can encourage in our children is hobby collecting. Collecting …
Continue reading Children, Collections, and YouI’m a big film geek, I have been for many years. It probably all began when my mum took me to go see House of Wax in 3D, starring Vincent Price. No, I’m not “that” old, it was a re-release. 🙂 I decided last weekend to take my son to go see a movie, Monsters …
Continue reading Monsters vs Aliens vs My 3-Year Old SonFor the past week and a half my wife has been away in Montreal taking a course.  This has left me as a temporary single father.  Now, I realize this is nothing at all like what real single dads go through, but it may have given me some insight.  It also has allowed me to …
Continue reading (Temporary) Single Father: Part 1 Chili Dogs and Pork ChopsWe are always looking for ways to do new things with the kids that will also serve as learning experiences. When I was young, we gardened. I had a huge strawberry patch, some tomatoes and beans, and a lot of fun working with my mom to plant, care for, and harvest them. The other day …
Continue reading In Search of the Great PumpkinZiggy Marley‘s new “FAMILY TIME” CD hits stores on May 5th! In honor of his first album featuring songs for children and the family, we are announcing an exciting little contest with several prizes. All you have to do is: 1. Subscribe to Dad-O-Matic 2. Share this post on Twitter 3. Leave your contact info …
Continue reading New Ziggy Marley CD Give-Away“Why?” “Why” is one of the words young kids tend to wear out even more than the welcome “Mom” and “Dad.” As parents, our job of answering that one word wonder of wonder truly never ends. No matter how young or old our kids are, it is part of a parent’s eternal mission in life …
Continue reading Swine Flu: Teaching Sense vs. Fear!You don’t have to deserve your mother’s love. You have to deserve your father’s. He is more particular…. The father is always a Republican towards his son, and his mother’s always a Democrat. ~Robert Frost The Mystery My husband, “Jayâ€Â, had this crazy idea that my children obey my every command, that my toddler doesn’t …
Continue reading "The Mommy" MysteryTraveling for work I often find my kids a bit unruly when I return. They are always excited to see me and can turn an already hectic time (dinner) into something even more chaotic. If my wife is working when I come home I am often left to fend for myself while three hungry boys …
Continue reading Breakfast + Supper = Bupper!