Apparently, a new season of the BBC’s classic sci-fi series, “Dr. Who,” is about to begin here in the former colonies, which has prompted some people to reflect on how the 50-year-old show, about a time-traveling do-gooder with a funny accent a… - 50 days ago, 31 Mar 13, 5:56am -
As the least Jewish (yet still sorta Jewy!) member of DadWagon, Sabbath has never been my strength. So when I set out to write about the fourth annual National Day of Unplugging on March 1, which is a sort of Sabbath for the digital era, I realized t… - 79 days ago, 3 Mar 13, 4:24am -
Nathan on how bragging is a developmental milestone, and so girls, as with every other milestone, get there quicker. Crosspost from The Atlantic - 89 days ago, 20 Feb 13, 1:30pm -
Originally posted at The Atlantic I just got back a couple days ago from a reporting trip to the Western Cape of South Africa, which included some time with farmworkers mourning the death of Michael Daniels, a young father shot dead by police during… - 18 Dec 12, 7:35am -
<p>As a public service, Daddy Types holds back on publishing all the incendiary, headscratching, anxiety-inducing, clickbaiting WTFparenting stories during the week, to offer them up all at once in a little weekend-ruining feature we call the Friday… - 3 days ago, 18 May 13, 3:53am -
<p>Come for the photo that accompanies this caption:</p><p>"Pictured, clockwise: <a href="http://www.whithonea.com/">Whit Honea</a> (head in mini-bar), Andy Hinds, <a href="http://www.howtobeadad.com/">Charlie Capen</a> and <a href="http://laidoffd… - 5 days ago, 16 May 13, 3:11am -
<p><img alt="betterthanpants_baby-mop.jpg" src="http://daddytypes.com/archive/betterthanpants_baby-mop.jpg" width="477" height="330" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></p><p>This has been a L… - 6 days ago, 14 May 13, 3:45pm -
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottlynchnyc/8725222896/" title="Frieze Art Fair New York 2013 by Scoboco, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7379/8725222896_e824607c04.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Frieze Art Fair New… - 7 days ago, 14 May 13, 2:23am -
Someone once said, “Learning to do everything is both impossible and highly suggested.” Oh, wait. That was me. Never mind. But in the interest of trying new things and doing the impossible, I went to Pixar in advance of the release of “Monsters… - 6 hours ago, 20 May 13, 11:03am -
Sometimes, you get invited to do things or go places and it reminds you what a different person you have become. How much more cleaned up you are… Clorox invited me to hang out with them at a truck on a street corner one day. I know that sounds dir… - 2 days ago, 18 May 13, 7:01am -
If you think your kid is not a liar and has never lied, then let me be the first to inform you that you have a very, very crafty liar on your hands. Or you may be really dumb. Hey! Don’t be upset, lots and lots of people are dumb these days, bazill… - 3 days ago, 17 May 13, 10:10am -
“…Maybe I need stitches, the cut is really deep! Can you just sew me up?” [Level stare] “I’m a mom with four tattoos. I can deal with the pain.” -Elizabeth For being such a hypochondriac every so often, my wife can sometimes be a real… - 4 days ago, 16 May 13, 10:30am -
Who wants to get kicked right in the feels? Pucker up… While I’m not certain everyone would agree that being a friend is the same thing as being a dad, and believe me there is a semantic, overly-worded debate there that will never end — I love… - 6 days ago, 14 May 13, 11:05am -
“Thomas da Twain has a penis!” -Lucas (2013, 3.5 years old) Mommies have a not-penis (aka bajina). Daddies have a penis (aka a not-jina). And twains ::ehem:: trains apparently do, too? Listening to a young child explain who’s got what or who… - 7 days ago, 13 May 13, 10:30am -
We aren’t the types to use the word YOLO in a sentence, let alone all by itself, but when we were asked to invent and lead an activity for 200 people at Hyundai’s “Epic Play Date” event just outside Santa Barbara, we knew we had to do somethi… - 10 days ago, 10 May 13, 11:01am -
The latest movie featuring Marvel’s metal-clad hero, Iron Man 3, manages to do something seemingly impossible. It takes Tony Stark’s character down a more serious path without losing any of the inherent fun superhero stories should have. In fact,… - 11 days ago, 9 May 13, 11:05am -
I've had this book in my hot little hands for a couple weeks now, just waiting for an opportunity to do one of the projects in it. Mothers Day was the perfect excuse.Mike Adamick, author of the blog Cry It Out, contributor to NPR, the New York Time… - 10 days ago, 10 May 13, 9:57am -
This is the last thing I said to my girls tonight before they finally fell asleep:"YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT MONSTERS IN YOUR ROOM! THE ONLY MONSTER YOU NEED TO WORRY ABOUT IS ME! DON'T YOU DARE MAKE ME COME IN THERE AGAIN!" That was right… - 18 days ago, 2 May 13, 9:56am -
The T-Rex couldn't stand up, so the kids made him a special shoe out of a potty watchLast month, I wrote a piece for the New York Times' parenting blog, in which I took a big dump on the Easter Bunny. I've written a few things like that, where I've… - 26 days ago, 24 Apr 13, 2:30pm -
My wife and I didn't co-sleep with our kids. Not much, anyway. Not when we could avoid it. And now my friends Charlie and Andy, from How To Be A Dad, have a hilarious book out that makes me glad that we never committed to co-sleeping. It's ca… - 38 days ago, 12 Apr 13, 10:02pm -
By the time I turned twenty, I realized that being a rock star would require more dedication (okay--and talent) than I could muster, and that being a full-time carpenter was no walk in the park either. I was getting paid well, but spending most of… - 42 days ago, 8 Apr 13, 1:00pm -
So I've been doing this thing lately, you may have noticed, where I only write when I have an opinion or think I can contribute something to a conversation about an issue. Something that might get published on an elitist East Coast establishment we… - 51 days ago, 30 Mar 13, 3:00pm -
Somehow, I'm on the NYT website today. I'm still processing that. Here's the beginning of what I wrote. You can click here to go straight to the story on NYT's Motherlode blog.********Minimalist Parenting, 'Manimalist' Style --> My wife i… - 59 days ago, 22 Mar 13, 5:38pm -
--> Last Friday, some friends and I converged upon a certain pan-Asian North Park eatery, whose exterior wall is adorned with a mural of a hipster gremlin riding atop a pink Tyrannosaurus-Rex, where we enjoyed refreshing cocktails along with z… - 63 days ago, 18 Mar 13, 5:12pm -
Being human makes you very likely to be guilty of hypocrisy. Being a parent makes it inevitable.I've sheepishly witnessed my own hypocrisy a couple dozen times since the girls were born, even if it was only the kind of smugness that happened in my… - 80 days ago, 1 Mar 13, 3:00pm -
Every evening when I go into our storage closet under the stairs to grab Stella's leash and some poop-bags, I witness the same frustrating scene. A cute little mouse scampers out from under the shelving by my feet and makes for the farthest recesse… - 91 days ago, 18 Feb 13, 4:00pm -
I’ll lay it straight out…I’m entering in the Clorox 2® Blogger Challenge to see if I can get the highest number of clicks to this pretty funny video of Dads and kids having a squirt gun battle. But not just any old squirt gun battle, but one u… - 8 Sep 11, 5:22pm -
Hey Dads & Moms, I know many of you love reading blogs from other parents, I also know that some of you have been leary of creating your own blog. It’s really not that hard to get things setup, even for those with little or no technical experience.… - 13 May 11, 5:41pm -
Hey there Dads (and Mom readers)! In case you’re a last minute shopper and/or want to get your wife some pretty trendy jewelry for Mother’s Day this year, check out this online/virtual Stella & Dot Trunk Party. I’m working with one of our good… - 4 May 11, 5:01pm -
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Microsoft for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. Summer isn’t that far off so now’s the time to get working on your summer vacation plans. I’m going to share a simple way of creating you… - 4 May 11, 5:01am -
Many families purchased an iPad when they first came out since they allowed a great portable device that they whole family could use. I’m sure in many houses the idea of letting your kids smudge up the screen and use the iPad all the time was not e… - 30 Apr 11, 11:44am -
Ok my house is “Going Green” this spring! We’re already doing most of the “green” things like recycling and just started composting, but we’re taking things to the next level of “green” to prepare for the summer blockbuster movie, Gre… - 20 Apr 11, 2:00pm -
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of FRESCHETTA® for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. Are you always looking for a quick and simple lunch or dinner to have during your busy day? I just taste-tested one of Freschetta’s newes… - 19 Apr 11, 3:01pm -
Yeah, now that THAT six times fast – and while shaving! I guess I’ve tackled the “many methods to shaving” in my lifetime as well as multiple mens shaving products to help get the job done. I think I started shaving in my mid-teen years, p… - 15 Apr 11, 5:12am -
How many of you are dual income families like mine? What happens when your job requires you to leave for a day or week? Or maybe you’re a SAHM/SAHD and your spouse is the one that travels and you stay home. Well with any of those situations there h… - 14 Apr 11, 3:43am -
Yeah, this post is a little dirty, but hey it’s that time of year that we all need to grease up our elbows, pull on the rubber gloves, and get crackin’ on our Spring Cleaning. At my home, my wife and I share the house chores, both inside and outs… - 28 Mar 11, 4:53am -
Some things just work as advertised. One of those things is the Quixx Repair System Headlight Restorer.Let’s start with this: I’m a minivan guy. Not only that, I’m an old minivan guy.Wait.What I mean to say is that I’m a guy with an old mi… - 4 days ago, 16 May 13, 8:07pm -
I still haven’t seen the movie, but I know I’m gonna dig it. Because Robert Downey, Jr. IS Tony Stark. Perfectly cast. And the idea of Iron Man? It’s just fantastic. Bruce Wayne money coupled with engineering genius, wrapped in “full tilt div… - 5 days ago, 15 May 13, 5:00pm -
Note: I was recently invited by The Motherhood Team to be part of a group of bloggers invited to learn more about the Microsoft Store. We received a briefing from company execs, were encouraged to visit a store and to write up a post on our impressio… - 7 days ago, 13 May 13, 6:29pm -
“The most important thing a father can do for his children is love their mother.” – Theodore HesburghThis gave us* the idea for a collective Mother’s day card from a group of Dad Bloggers* to the moms in our lives.Mother’s Day has new mea… - 8 days ago, 12 May 13, 1:00pm -
