Comments on: Cooking Up A Dream! http://dadomatic.com/cooking-up-a-dream/ The Ultimate Resource for Dad by Dads Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:58:14 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Spaghetti Pie & Making Dinner Memorable For Your Kids : Dad-O-Matic http://dadomatic.com/cooking-up-a-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-3402 Spaghetti Pie & Making Dinner Memorable For Your Kids : Dad-O-Matic Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:41:13 +0000 http://dadomatic.com/?p=1722#comment-3402 [...] Spaghetti Pie & Making Dinner Memorable For Your Kids By Jeff Sass | Oct 4, 2009 Advice, Article, Humor, Recipes Food, glorious food!  To this day that is one of my favorite songs from the musical “OLIVER.” (Ok, that may be “too much information,” but bear with me, please…)  If you watched the video of my parents in a recent post here as part of the Sony DigiDad Project you may have gleaned that food plays a big role in my family’s DNA.  I grew up in a world where it always seemed we were thinking about and planning our next meal before we were finished eating the current one.  Breakfast conversation often led to “what are we doing for lunch?”  At lunch we discussed the menu for dinner… You get the idea.  I guess I should not be surprised that my oldest son is a chef. [...] [...] Spaghetti Pie & Making Dinner Memorable For Your Kids By Jeff Sass | Oct 4, 2009 Advice, Article, Humor, Recipes Food, glorious food!  To this day that is one of my favorite songs from the musical “OLIVER.” (Ok, that may be “too much information,” but bear with me, please…)  If you watched the video of my parents in a recent post here as part of the Sony DigiDad Project you may have gleaned that food plays a big role in my family’s DNA.  I grew up in a world where it always seemed we were thinking about and planning our next meal before we were finished eating the current one.  Breakfast conversation often led to “what are we doing for lunch?”  At lunch we discussed the menu for dinner… You get the idea.  I guess I should not be surprised that my oldest son is a chef. [...]

]]> By: Frank Reed http://dadomatic.com/cooking-up-a-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-2140 Frank Reed Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:27:37 +0000 http://dadomatic.com/?p=1722#comment-2140 Jeff, Congrats on having such a great experience with your son. Staying out of the way when something doesn't make sense to us personally takes a lot of effort. Finding that balance between being a parent (looking out for the best interests of our children) and a hindrance (allowing our parenting to interfere where maybe it shouldn't) is something that is not text book teachable. Despite the 'difficulties' and 'un-knowables' I still wouldn't trade being a Dad for anything. As my kids move toward being able to express their passions I just plan on being there to support them and walk with them. Just being there is most of the battle. Have fun and happy dining! Jeff,

Congrats on having such a great experience with your son. Staying out of the way when something doesn’t make sense to us personally takes a lot of effort.

Finding that balance between being a parent (looking out for the best interests of our children) and a hindrance (allowing our parenting to interfere where maybe it shouldn’t) is something that is not text book teachable.

Despite the ‘difficulties’ and ‘un-knowables’ I still wouldn’t trade being a Dad for anything. As my kids move toward being able to express their passions I just plan on being there to support them and walk with them. Just being there is most of the battle.

Have fun and happy dining!

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