Monthly Archives: August 2010

Teaching Diversity To Your Child

(This entry can also be read at the Huffington Post.) I was watching “Sesame Street” with my two young sons the other day and found myself noticing the variety of people in the show. It was satisfying to see that not only were my kids getting to know Big Bird and the alphabet but they…

10 Things I Learned (Or Unlearned) When I Had Kids

(This post is also printed at the Hufftington Post. Check out the fun pictures they put to it!) 1) Sleep? What’s that, again? My first son never slept in our bed with us, but for the first six months of his life I would wake up nearly every night, yanking all the sheets up, having…

Working Dads: The Hidden Heroes Of The New Fatherhood Movement

(This post was originally printed at The Huffington Post.) My bet is that the dads who are going to make or break involved fatherhood are: working dads. Why working dads? The media doesn’t hark much on them. They are not who we necessarily associate with the phrase “involved dad.” For all intents and purposes this…