Wanted: Kind, Patient Caretaker
As a parent to a 4 ½ -month old I have reached my wits’ end several times.
On Consent: A Love Letter to My Sons
This study is yours to do. You do not do it through the watching of porn. You do this through anatomy books, reading erotica, talking openly and candidly with friends and adults you trust about what you like, what you don’t like—and you listen.
My Battery Is at One Percent
Every December, I tell myself that this will be the year I keep my cool. That this Christmas will be filled with warmth and coziness and gratitude. And every December 26th, I find myself muttering, "Thank GOD that’s over."
Raising Boys Who Aren't Assholes
When I found out my second child was a boy, I panicked. “I do not know how to do boys,” I thought.
Honoring the Autonomy of Others
Parents with older children tell me that this is the path of parenthood—to steadily transfer more autonomy and responsibility to the child as their will and autonomy dictates. But knowing what and when to hand over is not always clear.
Tell Me Something Graceless: From a Faithless Father
“How do I talk to the person I love the most about something big that we disagree on?”
When a Child Tries to Leave
That sweet baby who grew into a child with doe eyes filled with hero worship for you—one day she looks at you with a cool, squinty expression and rolls those same eyes like you may possibly be the stupidest person she's ever encountered.