Four years ago, at the Beijing Olympic Games, Procter & Gamble's ad campaign was "Proud Sponsor of Moms." I complained loud and long about that one—how leaving dads out in such a glaring way was insulting and demeaning. Now they’...
It’s the force majeure of the parenting vocabulary — a statement that asserts complete authority and brings the gavel down on further debate. Because I said so. But have you ever considered your relationship to “because I said so?” Is it a trusty club in your golf bag that you know you can ...
Something is amiss with the Mother's Day 2012 cover of The New Yorker magazine ... at least as far as the "mothers who know best" crowd goes. See how many wrongs you can find in this picture?
Are working mothers the only ones who know the burden that comes with balancing career, spouse and children? Were they ever?
Would-be Reality Star SAHDs: the producers of American Idol, X-Factor, America’s Got Talent and a major cable network, are currently developing a show featuring stay-at-home fathers. They are looking for fathers with 2 or more children living in the Midwest area (which to them probably means not NYC or LA). Criteria: ...
I might not be as good as my dad, but I'm better than most of history's most notorious dictators.
My first Father’s Day…its always special because in most cases you still have a “baby." There was no real extravagant gift that I got that day, but just the fact of knowing that it was my first real father’s day made it special for me. Whether ...