Admittedly, I’m not a big country music fan, but listening to Tim McGraw’s new song about absentee fatherhood really touched me – especially after learning that his biological/absent father was a major league baseball player. Here are the lyrics: “You Had To Be There” by Tim McGraw He sat down, picked up the phone and… Continue Reading
Author Archives: Dana
NYTimes Article: Parents Working Together
Check out this NYTimes article about the barriers dads face in terms of becoming more involved and how important it is for parents to not only work together but to respect their different parenting approaches. It’s more evidence that people really need to be educated about how to work these things out.
For Charlie, On Your Sixth B-day
Dear Charlie, Your mother and I can’t believe that yet another year in your life has passed and you are now the amazing age of six! Every time your birthday rolls by I can’t help but think back on that moment… Continue Reading
What Is That?
Check out this short film from Greece about fatherhood. It’s very touching and something all of us parents should remember when our kids ask us the same question over and over and over. (Thank you, Betsy, for bringing this to my attention.)
The Dividends of Dad
This morning I helped chaperone Charlie’s Kindergarten class’ trip to a local farm. It was the first time Charlie had ever been on a school bus. At the farm we went on a hayride with the final destination being a giant pumpkin patch. After selecting pumpkins, we all munched on fresh donuts and cider. Then… Continue Reading
Progress Update
If you’ve been wondering why this blog has been a little more sporadic of late, the reason is purely that all of our energy and time is going into getting this film completed. It’s that mammoth an undertaking. Right now we are in the editing phase, with a little more additional filming. Watching the film… Continue Reading
Pony
If you were around in the early ’80’s you knew the full impact that Michael Jackson had on the world. I can remember walking down the street in Boston, circa 1984 and witnessing a gang of kids parading about, all wearing the signature silver glove. No artist since the Beatles has had such an influence… Continue Reading
Let’s Come Clean About Housework
Okay, time to come clean. When I was filming Dr. Michael Kimmel recently about men and housework, what he said is basically what my wife has been saying for years about me and housework. Guess I’m not alone in this. (Deb, I promise to do better.)
Evolution of Dad on “A Conversation With Men Radio Show”
Last night I had the pleasure of being the guest on a blog talk radio show called “A Conversation With Men” with host Michael Taylor. Click here to listen to the broadcast. Enjoy!
