This Dad’s Double Standard

I was having coffee with an old friend the other morning, sitting outside, as the weather was warm, and the scenery equally pleasant.  We marveled at the abundance of attractive women that came and went.  At the same time, the attire of many of the younger girls shocked us.  We assumed they were young teens as they were young enough that they were being driven and accompanied by their moms.  One such young girl, to be charitable, was dressed completely trashy, wearing a very short tight skirt, and a top that left little to the imagination. read more

Just A Guy Whose Kids Say They’re Bored

I’m amazed when my boys tell me they’re bored.  Bored?  With all the options they have today?  The best response I ever heard to a kid saying “I’m bored” was “No, you’re boring.” A brilliant response from a parent and I wish I’d said it first.  It is not our job to be our kid’s entertainment coordinator.

When I was a kid, we played.  Seems kind of quaint.  We made up games.  One of my favorites was called Mongoose, where we took two books and hit a ping-pong ball back and forth between them with the object to see how long we could keep it going.  Then, they’re all the adventures we’d go on in our own Huck Finn way.  Places to explore, bikes to ride, trees to climb. read more