Why I Like Caillou -- Max and Ruby Not So Much One thing I've learned about children's TV programming is that parents have widely varying opinions about what they like and don...

A Day at the Park This essay is excerpted from the new anthology Rad Dad: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Fatherhood : 1. I’m unsure why, but I get aske...

Parenting While Male: 74 Fathers Talk about Playground Discrimination You’ve probably heard the phrase “driving while black,” which refers to a perception that black drivers are more likely to be stopped by cop...

Counting Dads at Preschool Potluck Guess what happened at our fall preschool potluck? Lots of dads showed up. Hooray! I don’t know what was going on. Had they all read that...

Why we are having only one child There are two hot new trends in my social circle: divorce and second children. Some couples are separating, others are reproducing, again. W...

Wife Swap! This sounds amusing : IT'S A BATTLE OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS WHEN A LIBERAL CHRISTIAN CAREER MOM WHOSE STAY-AT-HOME HUSBAND COOKS AND CLEANS...

I'm Bored This post is about boredom. Because of the subject matter, it may also be boring to read, so if that's a problem for you, go back to ...

In Search Of Atticus Finch The first time your baby crawls is one of fatherhood’s most cinematic images. Movements recorded in the memory to be replayed years later i...

Parent with a Penis? Can't Join the Golden Gate Mothers Group I saw this in the New York Times today, and it struck me as, er, outrageous. And worthy of note, especially since Jeremy investigated just...