Versions of this piece have appeared on MegaSAHD.com and The Good Men Project. Republished here with permission. My son is 6. He has a thing he does lately where he puts his wide-open mouth about a tenth of an inch from my nose. Then he just freezes there, panting on my nose. After the 500th […]
Filmmaker Gregory Collins describes the sometimes-dirty job of being a hands-on stay-at-home dad in the world today. There is a turd in the bathtub. Again. I have studied my daughter’s digestive patterns extensively, and I thought I had this sorted. My calculus is off. Or maybe it is the plums. Nevermind the turd. What the […]
The terms “boyfriend/girlfriend” hardly encompass what Maria Peña and her partner, Matt, are to each other, but they are not legally married. And she’s tired of having to explain why—when they are as committed to each other and each other’s children as any married couple could be. “How do you refer to each other?” It […]
This piece was originally published on New York Family magazine. Republished here with permission. Whether it’s out of a desire for an equal and supportive relationship—or out of necessity—families are recognizing that life is a lot more manageable when both parents are competent, caring and willing to share the load. Parenting in partnership isn’t always […]
Lyla Cicero is the odd-woman-out in her mothers’ group: Because her husband is not only a supportive father, he’s an excellent husband. So why does she feel the need to hide it? The first time it happened, I was at a Mothers of Multiples Club welcome brunch. My fantasy was that my terror at the […]
After a tasteless ad campaign in which dads were portrayed as helpless when it comes to childcare, Huggies’ facebook page was inundated with outraged consumers. That response and subsequent revamping of the ads marked a turning point in the Fatherhood Revolution, which has been building steam over the last two decades, says Al Watts. Dads […]
This piece originally appeared on Homemadedad. Republished here with permission. A couple of years ago, I wrote a blog post called “Primary Parental Unit,” which was recently reprinted on Role/Reboot. Prompted by the reprint request, I reread the original post and felt it deserved an update. When we originally came west to Alberta from Ontario, […]
How did Friends With Kids get romance right? According to Eric Sentell, the movie accurately illustrates romance through shared meaning and relationship rituals, not stereotypical Hollywood sex. In the recent dramedy, Friends with Kids, the principle characters discover that romance isn’t everything they thought it was. To which I reply, “Duh.” Serial-dater Jason Fryman (Adam […]
This piece was originally published on Gaddy Daddy. Republished here with permission. This is the third installment in a series on surrogacy and a new definition of extended family. Read the first installment by Jacob Drill, Bragging Rights, on the journey he and his husband undertook to have their son, Max, through traditional surrogacy. Read […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. America’s Major Magazines Still Aren’t Publishing Stories By Women by Alyssa Rosenberg of Alternet.org says that Vida, an organization devoted to women in literature, has released a survey of the articles published by women in […]
Don and Jeanne Elium’s 1994 treatise, Raising a Son, addresses the task of raising healthy, sensitive boys in modern American culture. Almost two decades, three editions, and 500,000 copies later, it has just been published as an ebook. Author Don Elium talks with Family section editor Misty McLaughlin about what has changed, and what remains […]
This piece originally appeared on the blog GaddyDaddy. Republished here with permission. This is the second installment in a series on gay dads, surrogacy, and a new definition of extended family. Read the first installment by Jacob Drill, Bragging Rights. Max is my biological son. I know what you’re thinking. Whoa…wtf?! I thought Max was […]
