Daddy Dialectic

Today, the family spent most of the afternoon together at the playground. We enjoyed the late spring sunshine, Spot met a little girl with ...

Here's a nice post from the blog, "Knocked Up (and in Law School)" about the benefits of co-parenting: I have heard many wome...

One of two things has happened since I bought my last pair of jeans a few years ago. Either a) I have experienced a late-onset growth spurt,...

The Baby Bonding Book for Dads takes dads step by step through a child's developmental stages and suggests ways for them to bond with t...

A follow-up from the New York Times on yesterday's post . Is a college degree overrated? asks David Leonardt. His answer is worth quotin...

Two, seemingly contradictory, articles: 1) The New York Times reports : The American Association of University Women, whose 1992 report on ...

The new head of the NAACP , Benjamin Jealous, is an old buddy of mine. We've lost touch in recent years, but Ben and I knew each other t...

It's Thursday and the news alert pops into my email: California Supreme Court legalizes gay marriage . I think, "I'll have to b...

As soon as I heard there had been an earthquake in central China, I emailed my dad, who on May 12 was in the ancient capital city of Xian. I...

Evolution of a Dad writes : I've mentioned Jessica DeGroot from The Third Path Institute in these annals before and here I am doing so...

The new issue of Greater Good magazine (which I help edit) focuses on play: Can We Play? Play is essential to positive human development, b...

When they first enter Liko’s playroom, new friends always remark upon how many books he has. Indeed, his playroom looks like the children’s ...

What interest do at home dads -- or dads in general -- have in a film that makes a strong case for the virtues of home-birthing? A lot. Beca...

It's true. I just found out yesterday. Spot was with me, and I didn't even have to take my clothes off. All I had to do was pick up ...

So I was up in the tower of the multi-plex jungle gym, if that's what they're still called, surrounded by six little monkeys who had...

It was about one o'clock in the afternoon, and Spot and I were on the second floor of the Unitarian Church, in a sunny room full of toys...

I liked this list , from the blog "Here Goes Everything," which I just added to our blog roll. This sounds like a guy who has take...

From the redoubtable Stephanie Coontz and the Council on Contemporary Families : Americans tend to think we are better off than families in...