“Oh, she’s a really popular kid in fourth grade,” said the little girl walking with my boys on the sidewalk. They were right in front of me and I wanted to ask her why the “she” in question was so popular, but I decided to see how it played out. My boys just nodded and [...]

I could spend a few paragraphs here making a series of abstract connections that validate the publishing of this video on Dadding, but I’ll save you the trouble and just say that I am a dad and this video made me feel fantastic. I want other dads to have that, too. I’m a giver. But [...]

A few months back my wife went away to NYC and left me alone with our two little ones for the first extended time ever. It was to be a monumentally challenging set of days for me and for them, so I decided to do something I had never done before. I did a live-blog [...]

A seven year-old boy in Detroit hanged himself with a belt from the top level of his bunk-bed on Wednesday.  The boy was found by his older sister who immediately went to get help as an adult tried to revive her brother. He was pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital. The officers who investigated [...]

Ever feel like you just can’t unplug? Or that everyone around you seems to be lost in a zombieland of digital dependence? It’s not surprising, considering nearly half of American adults now own smart phones and that digital tablet ownership has doubled over the past year — thank you iPad! But what impact is all [...]

When Frank Roder, 38, took his 5-year-old son, Aidan, to feed ducks along the Rahway River in New Jersey, he had no idea what kind of father and son bonding moment awaited them. Roder, according to Fox News (I know), was in the process of parking his jeep when Aidan, feeling the vehicle slow to [...]

I have been a stay-at-home dad with twin toddlers for over eight months, and it’s safe to say we will survive. In fact, it appears I am doing a darn good job. Need evidence? My 14-month-old girls are showing many age-appropriate signs of emotional and physical development per official barometers: they laugh, understand the word [...]