I recognize that through my life I tended to focus on the positive, and quite often FORGET the negative.  Call it an existence of rose-colored lenses, if you will, but it made for a pretty happy life, no matter how disconnected from reality it may have been.  I’m sure for some people seeing things “as […]

I think the fundamental question that needs to be answered, which may lead you to realizing that you don’t need any frickin blog at all, is:      “What kind of dad do I want to be?” Sounds silly, right?  But if (imagine this), we actually hold a picture (or scenario) in our head that

As I’m just starting this blog, it seems like a pretty intimidating task, because… well… where the f*@% do you start?  I should start by saying I don’t consider myself in any way any sort of “parenting expert”… but I was driven to start this blog by numerous friends (both dads and moms) who feel