5 Things Every Husband (and Father) Should Know
As this week marks the thirty-sixth year of my marriage, I thought I’d try to offer some of the little lessons I have learned through co-habitation.
None of us is entitled to the “perfect” partner. We just don’t come out of the box…
The Parent Questionnaire
Our own life experience is our greatest parenting resource. In my book, Raising Children That Other People Like to be Around”, I suggest that parenting is like driving a cab: if you don’t at least ACT like you know the way, your passengers…
3 SIMPLE SAYINGS
My mom would have been ninety-two last week. Here are three gems she left me:
Don’t be so open minded that your brain falls out.
All of us have been in situations where our better nature overrides our common sense. I’ve loaned money…
HOLIDAY HEADS UP
It’s November now, the month of Thanksgiving (one of my two faves (4th of July being the other)).
November is also the month when our children start rehearsing seriously for their school Holiday Programs. Singing, dancing, holding signs…
MY 5 SIMPLE “MUSTS”
I wrote "Raising Children That Other People Like to be Around" to guide parents toward a better understanding of their roles - as moms and dads, as well as parenting partners - because the core strength of a family comes from the leadership…
CONGRESS IS A BAD EXAMPLE
How do I explain that our elected lawmakers -- the people who are most obligated to believe in the rule of law, and to live within those rules -- are so unwilling to accept their duty that they are shutting down the government just to get their…
MILEY ‘N’ ME
ME N MILEY
Everybody was tweaked about Miley Cyrus and her apparently quite lucrative twerking display, but I see a far more interesting phenomena occurring on a daily basis.
I’m going to start at the beginning.
When I was a kid my parents…
BUT IF YOU TRY…
The Rolling Stones are famous for having coined the phrase, “You can’t always get what you want… but if you try sometimes, you just might find…you get what you need.”
When it comes to parenting, this is an important lesson. But can…
THE EMPTY NEST – FINALLY !
I’m a guy. I like my space. I like my stuff. I love my wife.
For the first time in thirty three years I have them all back to myself.
Yes, the Dropoff at school was successful and it appears our adorable daughter will merge into…
100% MAXIMUM LOVE
I have a friend who feels that when her little brother was born, he “stole” all the love and affection that her parents had previously been giving to her.
I suspect that this is a common feeling among first-born children. In this case,…