This piece originally appeared on Daddyshome, Inc. Republished with permission. It has been two weeks since the 16th Annual At-Home Dads Convention and my head is still spinning. And it’s not from the Guinness at Union Street Public House or O’Connell’s or Murphy’s or Eamonn’s Dublin Chipper (best fish & chips place ever!). It’s from what I […]
This piece was originally published on the Good Men Project. Republished with permission. Judging from what I read online and hear from my students, the question of the “number” is as compelling as ever. In February, Marie Claire ran an article, “What’s Your Number?” in which five women (whose numbers ranged from zero to 100) told their […]
(Disclaimer: This post is about my feeling towards white gowns and traditional weddings. It is not my intention to judge anybody else’s decision about what they get married in and how they do it. I’ve actually been to half a dozen of traditional weddings I utterly enjoyed and adored the brides involved). I first stopped […]
There are days when I’m amazed at how easy it is to change the world. Those are the days when my kids accept as fact the things I tell them about how the world works (or, perhaps more accurately, how it should work). Statements that might sound strange or jarring to someone who has been […]
Republished from Citibabes, where Matt Schneider is a regular contributor. Check out his other work on their site. Parenting gurus often like to point out that moms and dads are very different, and they often use back-handed statements to suggest that mothers are inherently more capable and nurturing. These experts will say things like, “dad […]
This post originally appeared as a series of three posts on 1PeachyMama. Republished with permission. In my home Superwoman died. Thank God! The ever present anxiety to keep the house immaculate, the laundry folded and put away, the children engaged and enriched, and (if that weren’t enough) to also keep myself looking fly was weighing […]
The new fall television season is upon us and with it comes the good, the bad, the new, and the tired. However, one show I’m excited about seeing return is The Good Wife, a CBS drama about a lawyer’s wife who stood by her philandering husband. The Good Wife has received critical acclaim for Julianna […]
This post was originally published on the Good Men Project. Republished with permission. Last month, Mark D. White made some good points about how a professional woman may view, judge, and even castigate a man who does not share the same professional status, particularly when she makes more money than he does. Though it seemed over-simplified and […]
