Daddy Dialectic

As baby Sam closes in on four months, I’ve given up on movies. Evening chores mean less time for entertainment. It used to be a question of ...

I got a call this morning from a journalist asking about the "bad parent" trend, wherein folks like Bad Mother author Ayelet Wald...

I enjoy learning things from a book, those moments when you are stunned at what you just read, or shocked at some statistic, some point, som...

In the dark days of Sam’s first month, back when I wondered whether the diaper existed that could contain him, his principal redeeming featu...

Winter fast approaches. For my family it’s a time of contradictions. The time of holidays and visiting family. A time to question traditio...

In my book The Daddy Shift , I reported research that shows men’s testosterone levels rise and fall in response to what's happening in t...

Stickers as the Basic Unit of Exchange Value Introduction Potty training, when you really think about it, is applied economics. Sure, I cou...

How To Find A Masculine Halloween Costume For Your Effeminate Son

Here's a little video my friend Axel put together about our "Bees and Butterflies" group, which involved a group of almost 20 ...

My wife Fitzsimmons has decided that at four months, Sam needs a routine. “All the books recommend it,” she says airily. I’m worried. Routin...

My family loves Justin Roberts...maybe yours will, too?

Despite his tough guy reputation, British film star Clive Owen is no stranger to cleaning up after kids. In real life, he’s dad to two young...

What’s the worst bit, friends ask, about being a new dad? I smile and give them my Enron answer: It’s great. This week, I’m changing my tune...

[Transcript -- Session #4: Stay-at-Home Dad A] Q : So then what happened? A : So I'm sitting with Spot back in the corner at parent-tot,...

There are a lot of ways for a man to be in a group of women. A man could, for example, be taking a class. It doesn't matter what. Any ex...

Three announcements: 1) I've started a new series over at my Mothering magazine blog: " Twenty-Five Ways for Dads to Change the Wo...

Last week, my wife Fitzsimmons found a moms’ website with a tip to help me break through the bottlefeeding barrier with our son Sam. He feed...

Certain places in the city disorient me. They are passages where multiple layers of traffic converge in space, passing over trestles, across...

A new study says that parenthood pushes men and women in opposite political directions: "Parenthood seems to heighten the political ...

1. "Are you a writer?" I'm at a reading by the novelist Nicholas Baker. The man who asks this question (apropos of nothing) is...