There are certain viral videos that encapsulate aspects of my whole life. This one symbolizes every attempt I’ve ever made at relationships with the fairer sex… …. …. until my wife. I think I asked for a girl’s number once in my ...

How young is too young to start talking to my child about dating? A new study conducted with more 1,400 7th-graders showed that, in this robust sample, an alarmingly high number of pre-teens are not only dating, but experiencing abusive relationships and sexual harassment. More than 75 percent reported they had ...

With the grind that comes along with the weeks and months that go by it's easy to get tunnel vision. The little moments when we are together as a family without anything on the agenda except spending time with each other - those moments tend to bri...

I have also had a great appreciation for sports. For the most part I keep my passion for all things sports on the reserved side. As a father a nice bonus is being able to impart my knowledge and share experiences with my daughter. The range o...

Many nights when the clock has already rolled around to the AM hours of the next day my mind is still racing between thoughts. During those hours I’m attempting to just shut myself down and go to sleep. Often this approach is unsuccessful and I lay...

Before Elle was born one of the debates had by us the parents to be and the grandparents was what they would called. Elle's grandfather wanted to be known as the Commodore. Captain was a close second. Which plays into the sense of humor he has. Once...

Remember dating? Remember the early courtships—the excitement, the titillation and eventually the feeling that you were really falling for someone? I can recall a lot of those relationships. And I can recollect the anxiety around whether to use the

Mondays don't seem particularly romantic. It being Valentines Day a certain bit a romance needs to be presented to lighten up the hue of blue that falls on Monday. As I type out these words Elle is cutting out hearts from construction paper while list...

Sometimes a car ride can turn into a lesson in the anatomy of a song. To be fair most car rides turn into a deep analysis of top forty hits. For example the other day after picking up my wife from the train station the song "Grenade" by Bruno...

To all my mom readers out there, I wish you a belated, “Happy Mother’s Day.”And I hope I’m not the first man to wish that to you.I was alarmed to discover from my wife yesterday that five of her friends/acquaintances got nothing—I repeat—no...