The Parenting Imbalance
This morning, Mom and Buried left for a ten-day business trip. For the next two weeks, it’s just me and my son. Things are going to be a little different while she’s gone. For one thing, I’ll finally...
View ArticleBrand Awareness
If you follow my social accounts (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram), you may remember a photo shoot my son and I did with Dove Men+ Care back in February. We had a lot of fun that day, and despite the fact...
View ArticleMy Wife is Better Than Me
When it comes to parenting, I don’t buy into gender stereotypes or biological imperatives or how they feel on “Mad Men”. It’s 2015! Parenting tasks are no longer divided solely by gender, at least not...
View ArticleNot-so-silent Night
I’m no stranger to giving passive-aggressive gifts to subtly – or not – display my true feelings. But my in-laws don’t play. Thanks to the gift they got for my son, Christmas will be a not-so-silent...
View ArticleThe Twelve-Hundred Movies of Christmas
My dad loves fantasy movies. He loves them so much that it doesn’t matter how bad they are, how low-rent the production is, how terrible the cast is or how pitifully stupid they end up being. If...
View ArticleThe Vengeful Wife’s Holiday Gift Guide
Moms, I know you love your kids. But don’t you kind of wish you didn’t have to go through pregnancy to get them? I know you love your husbands too, but isn’t it frustrating that they don’t have to...
View ArticleWoman Up!
My son loves riding the merry-go-round at our local park. He used to prefer the stationary animals, or even one of the stupid sled things, but as he’s become more enamored with the carousel he’s...
View ArticleSympathy Pain
My wife is pregnant. Capital-P pregnant. Like, nearly ten months, ready to burst, hating life, “why did I do this?” pregnant. I am not pregnant. But, out of solidarity, I spent the holidays doing my...
View ArticleFor Multiple Reasons
I have to correct something today. The last ten months have been rough. The pregnancy was challenging and inconvenient for everyone, but for my wife it was excruciating. It took a toll on her, both...
View ArticleThe Agony of Colic
In its darkest moments, parenting boils down to two emotions. Once you muffle the laughter and the joy – and let’s be real here, in the face of the day-to-day grind that is raising children, the...
View ArticleDads Do Babysit
I’m gonna do it again. I’m gonna piss off my compatriots in dadhood by writing about how I don’t care about something they care about. (Something they really, really, really, really care about.)...
View ArticlePregnancy Perks for Guys
Men may not get to take part in the miracle of childbirth, but don’t feel bad, guys. There are some pregnancy perks for you too! We’re a few months into life with two kids, and it’s pretty much going...
View ArticleDiamonds are Forever
My son’s first crush has reared its head. There’s a girl in his kindergarten class that he’s constantly pretending to marry. I don’t know if his proposal involves an engagement ring, he has no money,...
View ArticleDon’t Put Up, Shut Up
Yesterday was #WomanCrushWednesday, the one day a week when Instagram users are allowed to share a photo of a woman they want to have sex with. (I don’t actually know the official premise of the stupid...
View ArticleTake This Under Advisement, Jerkweed! – Volume 13
I have two kids now. I’ve never been more of an expert on what it takes to be exhausted and annoyed 24/7. Which makes today the perfect time for another round of my unprofessional, ill-considered,...
View ArticleI Hate “Date Night”
This Sunday is Mother’s Day. Either you knew that already or you need a few minutes to click over to Amazon. I’ll wait. [watches this adorable video to pass the time] All set? Great. I’m sure she’ll...
View ArticleI Don’t Want Any Father’s Day Gifts
Father’s Day is coming up (as if you didn’t know, you sly minx!) and Mom and Buried keeps asking me what I want. I keep telling her that I don’t want any Father’s Day gifts. Which is true, I don’t want...
View ArticleRyan Reynolds is No Superdad
Among dads who write about parenting, I’m kind of on an island. Many dad bloggers think fathers don’t get their due as parents and are portrayed as doofuses by Hollywood and Madison Avenue. I’ve never...
View ArticleCan’t Working Parents Get A Little Love?
A few weeks ago, I wrote something for Scary Mommy called “Can’t A SAHM Get a Little Love?” It was about the need for working dads staying woke to the difficulties of being a stay-at-home mom, and to...
View ArticleLet Freedom Sting
If you’ve been following me on social media, you probably know that I’ve been on my own the past few days. We were at my parents for the holiday weekend, and while I came back to NYC on Tuesday to go...
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