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My Monday Metrical Musings #210

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Hopes Dashed...Yet... All my daddy hopes for youMusicMoviesLiteratureStudiesConfidantesHobbiesMaturationEmpathyCuriosityConnectedness Dashed to the rocksShattered into a million shards of......nothing. I don't know when it happenedI don't know how it happenedI don't know why it happenedBut it happenedAnd I am completely and utterly Undone Do all parents everywhereGo through the same?I wish it was soSelfish I knowBut if … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #210

Fathering Softer #5 — Teen Parenting Is A Car Wreck

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Over a week ago I went to bed angry. Twice. The first night was because of a disagreement with my wife (which thankfully we sorted out the next day). The second? Anger with my firstborn. But rather than fume on my pillow (like I did the first night), resulting in nothing but sleeplessness and a … Continue reading Fathering Softer #5 — Teen Parenting Is A Car Wreck

Fathering Softer #2 — No More “Tiger Mom” Dad!

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Dear J, my Precious Son Guess what? I never thought it'd happen, but I learned recently that I was in fact a bona fide "Tiger Mom" Dad! Okay okay, I hear you. What's that you're asking? Well, in a nutshell, this term was made popular globally by a 'nutty' professor called Amy Chua. She's this … Continue reading Fathering Softer #2 — No More “Tiger Mom” Dad!