Tag: parenting

Lean In?

I have no problem with encouraging people to go and follow your dreams. I have no problem with encouraging others to explore new careers they might now be aware of. I have no problem with thinking outside the box. BUT….I…

Work-Life Balance

Two high-powered women in tech — Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg — are leading the debate about women, equality in the workplace and work-life balance. This week on New Tech City, WNYC reporter Anna Sale talks to women in…

Divorcing Parents Costing Billions

“Children growing up in lone-parent households, despite all the investment that the Government has made, still face the highest poverty levels in the country.” It’s the same in every county. This idea of being single, choosing single parenthood and discouraging…

The Evolution of Divorce

by W. Bradford Wilcox – National Affairs In 1969, Governor Ronald Reagan of California made what he later admitted was one of the biggest mistakes of his political life. Seeking to eliminate the strife and deception often associated with the…

Mr. Mom is dead.

From the Wall Street Journal article “At-Home Dads Make Parenting More of a ‘Guy’ Thing” Mr. Mom is dead. At least, the pop-culture image of the inept dad who wouldn’t know a diaper genie from a garbage disposal has begun…

Marry Him!

[brightcove vid=61579023001&exp3=1054655355001&surl=http://c.brightcove.com/services&pubid=29913724001&pk=AQ~~,AAAABvb_NGE~,DMkZt2E6wO3_sfth6vHgTpNZZSEwcydt&w=300&h=225] Lori Gottlieb explains why women should stop holding out for Mr. Right From The Atlantic: “Ah, this is the dream,” I said, and we nodded in silence for a minute, then burst out laughing. In some ways, I…

Legacy

My grandmother was born in 1918. Yes, the end of World War I. That is a long time ago. She is still alive and kicking and has lots of stories to tell. I am getting as many of them as…

I got this

The unmarried father. We hear all the time about heroic single mothers. We hear very little about the other half of the population. Yeah, fathers can be just as heroic and can raise children without mothers. I feel it is…

10

THIS happened ten years ago at 10:10AM Jan 21st, 2003. I remember it like it was…10 years ago. Time really flies. I have spent just about every single day with my daughter. That evil place called family court could not…