Here’s a news item about a tragedy that has a silver lining thanks to the University of Clemson and its football coach Dabo Swinney. High School football star Jake Nicolopulos had a dream to play college football for the Clemson Tigers and it was all set to become a reality until he had a stroke [...]
The circumstances of your life … how much money you have, what you’ve got going on at home … That’s no excuse for not trying.
I spoke to Chris Cuomo from ABC’s Good Morning America recently on behalf of Dad-O-matic. We talked about the Liam McCarty case. He’s the [...]
This week David Letterman brought shame on Fatherhood. This has nothing to do with with politics, whether you are a supporter or detractor of Sarah [...]
As I was dropping my son off at school (about two hours late – he has a variety of special needs which I’ll discuss later), I said, “I’ll probably be home when you get home.” His immediate response, as he moved on down the hall with his tardy slip, was, “Why?”
“Why,” indeed. I’m not usually [...]
Welcome to my regular Friday feature, Worst of the Week. As a white, suburbanite husband and dad of two kids, there’s a lot that can go wrong and this entry is all about how to fix it. I hope you enjoy it!
Regular readers will know that I’ve been blogging about the school consolidation the past [...]
Welcome to my regular Friday feature, Worst of the Week. As a white, suburbanite husband and dad of two kids, there’s a lot that can go wrong and this entry is all about how to fix it. I hope you enjoy it!
A few weeks back I wrote about our school system and the closings that [...]
I saw this photo on the Chicago Tribune’s Web site today, taken this morning by AP photographer Susan Walsh and couldn’t help but think that of all the heaps of congratulations our new president will get today, as a father, nothing will probably mean more to him than this.
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A few months ago, I took some artistic license with a popular online video to create “Dude to Dad (Changing More Than Just Diapers) feat. Barack Obama.” For me, it was a rally cry for a new generation of dads. My hope was was that it might lead to “change” and I thought [...]
Welcome to my regular Friday feature, Worst of the Week. As a white, suburbanite husband and dad of two kids, there’s a lot that can [...]
Welcome to my regular Friday feature, Worst of the Week. As a white, suburbanite husband and dad of two kids, there’s a lot that can go wrong and this entry is all about how to fix it. I hope you enjoy it!
Last week I blogged about our Elementary school closing. Since that time we parents [...]
This morning I woke up to a jarring story in the newspaper. The killer of Adam Walsh was finally identified.
On July 27, 1981, Adam went [...]
Carl and Raylene Worthington believe that prayer–not medicine–should be used to treat illness. When their 15-month-old daughter developed bacterial bronchial pneumonia, they turned to their [...]
Twilight has a major following among teen and tween girls (like my 12 year old niece who spent all Thanksgiving plowing through the books or my 17 year old niece who went to a midnight showing when it opened and told me it was “incredible”), but I think it’s also a movie that boys and [...]
The dads from Dad-o-Matic want to wish everyone and their loved ones a Happy Thanksgiving! With all the tough times going on right now, we should all be extra thankful for all the blessings in our lives. Let’s also do what we can to help others this time of year as well as throughout the [...]
If you were part of the ad/marketing technology scene in the Greater Washington metro area in the late nineties thru and past the millennium you [...]
If you have kids over the age of 10 it is highly likely they already have their own mobile phones.  If you have kids with [...]
Great news today for parents and their children that enjoy playing online. Parents.com and KidZui.com have formed a partnership to enhance the KidZui experience and bring more families to the kid-friendly site.
For those of you that aren’t familiar with KidZui yet, it’s geared for kids ages 3-12 and provides a free browser and online service [...]
Reading this post about how it’s a Federal offense to buy too much cold medicine has me bummed out. You see, this impacts things like Benedryl, which we’ve been permitted by our doctor to give to my daughter from time to time when she can’t sleep. She often has a racing mind and can’t [...]
