So, I don’t really know WHEN I thought the start of conversations about the birds & the bees was going to be… I think I was imagining that it would be somewhere around age 12.  But Spiderman forced my hand. During the late spring of 2020, when my kids had to be home from school […]

Before my wife and kids, I used to go out a lot.  A whole lot.  Life was all about working hard, and playing a LOT harder.  I could spend 24 hours straight at the office, making sure all projects launched on time, but come Friday night I made up for it. I would go out

At the end of this post, I’m going to divulge a super secret method as to how to determine what conversations from your kids you need to focus on and pay attention to.  It’ll blow you away how genius it is.  So you may ask yourself, how much do I really need to focus on

When we were pregnant with our first child, my wife had read some literature about the benefits of co-sleeping (which sounded a lot like me willingly giving up my sex life to the whims of some little punk I didn’t even know yet), and I might have nodded with interest, inside I’m sure I was

The high school bully was picking on someone much smaller than he was.  It was really a sad scene with a little crowd starting to gather, just watching the “powerful” bully taunt the defenseless victim. Then suddenly this beautiful blonde angel… a sophomore at the school, enters the ring trying to bring them together and

At the end of this post, I’m going to divulge a super secret method as to how to determine what conversations from your kids you need to focus on and pay attention to.  It’ll blow you away how genius it is.  So you may ask yourself, how much do I really need to focus on

This may sound a little strange, but sometimes, if one of my kids hurts themselves by doing something stupid, my first reaction isn’t empathy and showing concern for their pain… it‘s anger that they didn’t listen to me to NOT do the stupid thing in the first place.   I should be clear… if they

To expand on the message of the initial post, something to always keep in mind is what everyone with older kids has likely been sure to share with you already:                                              It goes so fast. When you’re in the trenches there are times when it

While, if you were to ever ask anyone that has seen our family dynamic, there would likely be a unanimous perception as to who runs our family (here’s a clue: it’s exactly NOT the oldest person in the family)…  I’ve read some parenting books that suggest that it should be… well… the parents.  While you

So… I’m not saying that I’m like this, nor do I necessarily KNOW anybody like this, but… If I try really hard I can totally imagine how SOMETIMES, a beer or some wine before/while playing with your kids could make everything better. For everybody involved. If you sit back with your favorite drink, you, too,