Books: An Epilogue

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CJ Kaplan explains how some of his greatest love affairs have been with books.

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Good Dads Are Like Post-Its

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Jim Higley has some thoughts about the epidemic of absent fathers and what can be done about it.

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Pinstriped Preschool Atrocity

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Aaron Gouveia thought his son was at the perfect preschool…until he saw the hat they’d given him.

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Please Come Back to Me

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What to do when the woman you love is just not herself anymore?

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Fantasy Football and Real Life

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Sure, it’s about crunching numbers and competition. But it’s about connecting with friends, too.

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When Death Comes for Your Child

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Aaron Gouveia visits gravely ill 5-year-old Leah and speaks candidly about the unspeakable.

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Sex Should Be Its Own Reward

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Seriously, when did it become OK to treat men like Pavlov’s dogs?

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Has Your Wife Read This?

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Aaron Gouveia gives 1955 edition of ‘The Good Wife’s Guide’ some much needed updating.

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Dad Will Always Catch You

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With a full-time job, and a hellish commute, Aaron Gouveia struggles to be there for his son. But somehow he makes it work.

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Can You Hear Me Now?

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As the song ends, he launches into a whirlwind spin in the middle of the living room. Spinning and spinning, faster and faster, until…

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The Breadwinner

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Does making more money than your wife make you more of a man?

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This Year, Leave Mom the F@#k Alone

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For Mother’s Day this year, Aaron Gouveia plans to give his wife what she really deserves: peace and quiet.

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To Spank or Not to Spank

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“Deflection” and “positive redirection” have nothing on a good old-fashioned spanking.

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Going the Way of the Dodo

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Aaron Gouveia imagines all the low-tech things that will be extinct before his son ever knows them. Like rotary phones. And books.

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A Potty Training Catastrophe

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Aaron cooks up a glorious scheme to help his son use the toilet, which proceeds to backfire (literally) all over him.

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Behind Enemy Lines

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When Aaron Gouveia entered the land of parenting groups, he got the cold shoulder.

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