If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!No, really. We can’t help it. Biology is at the helm. “Tell me, my witless, whose one boast / Could be your staunchness at the post, / When were you made a man of parts / To think […]
This tidbit from the fathers.com weekly newsletter, which quotes a study in the Journal of Family Psychology (June):
A mom’s words of encouragement or criticism directly affect how involved their child’s father becomes in the day-to-day care of their baby. Researchers found that when a mother criticized her partner’s child-care efforts, it often caused him […]
Got this note from a female reader with children (not Her Hotness):
After 35 years of marriage I have another to add to your list - Sex gets better with age. There’s no worry about getting pregnant, I’m more comfortable with my body, there aren’t as many little kids around to interrupt, and you can […]
I’ve written recently about how hard it is to talk to kids about sex—especially daughters. But thanks to Meg Meeker’s book, Strong Fathers Strong Daughters, I recently had an epiphany and now understand that, while there are uncomfortable moments, the task itself is really pretty easy. Here’s why.
I thought it was a hard conversation […]
I’ve written before about how hard it is to talk to kids about sex. (See Dads, Daughters, and Dating: He crashes and burns). In a recent attempt, Sigmund (my nickname for Boy 12 when it comes to matters sexual) and I talked about how boys and men have a difficult task taming their biology. Millions […]
Artwork by Boy 7. I was wearing my Ninja suit that day.-->
