Daddy Dialectic

I thought I'd share some holiday-related stuff from the site I edit, Shareable.net : "How to Teach Your Kids to Share" : In wh...

The first time your baby crawls is one of fatherhood’s most cinematic images. Movements recorded in the memory to be replayed years later in...

About a month ago, Jeremy and chicago pop did a brief interview on stay-at-home fatherhood for the website Bizymoms.com . A lot of what we s...

One thing I've learned about children's TV programming is that parents have widely varying opinions about what they like and don...

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...