On Divorce, Co-Parenting, Learning to Love Your Ex, and Other Stuff

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With all horrible stories about divorce, Mark Greene has a different view: With work and patience, divorce can bring more joy into everyone’s lives.

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The Lone Dad in Mom World

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A stay-at-home dad joins a group for mothers and wonders why he didn’t do it sooner.

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I’d Suck at Being a Teen Today

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“A teenage me would be only a glimmer when compared to most kids today.”

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What Korea Means to Me

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In the latest installment of “Love, Recorded,” Matt talks about his adoption, returning to Korea, and how parenting is culture shock.

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The Joys of Flight

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Patrick Quinn gives a few tips to those stuck in the nightmare scenario that is traveling with small children.

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I Bought My 18-Month-Old a Knife

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Niel Vuolo needed something to pass on to his son, so he bought him something sharp.

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My Son Is a Satanist, and I’m Proud of It

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Fivel Rothberg’s son thinks Satan is cooler than God. What’s the big deal?

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Don’t Tell Me We Make Our Own Luck

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In this installment of “Love, Recorded,” Matt questions the idea of luck as one unfortunate event after another befalls his family in the new year. ♦◊♦ We are poor enough that instead of a door to our kitchen, we have a shower curtain. The rod is too long for the opening, so I lodged it between [...]

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I See My Teenage Self in My Daughter, and That Scares the Crap Out of Me

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J.R Reed discusses his less than fond memories of High School and how that affects his anxiety over raising a teenage daughter.

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Livin’ at the Corner of Dad & Technology: The Influence of Music

What kind of influence does music hold over our lives? How about the lives of our children?

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Penis Isn’t a Dirty Word

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There is nothing shameful about our bodies, so why do we teach our children otherwise?

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My Advice to Kids: Don’t Dream Big

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Daniel Wesley wants to tell his his children to set their dreams aside for more important ones.

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#13: Finding Fatherhood

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“It’s never too late to start over — a dark day in one father’s life leads to his spirited renewal of fatherhood.”

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Discarding and Infinite: A Father, a Son, and Everything

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A poem for raising a boy.

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25 Ways of Thinking About the Holidays

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In the first Love, Recorded of 2012, Matt looks back at the holidays, the baby turns 6-months-old and vulnerable, and the family plays Sleeping Lions. ♦◊♦ 1. When I was growing up, we spent most Christmases at the house my parents got as a wedding present from my great aunt, who lived through three nominal [...]

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Mars Isn’t Such a Nice Place

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There are good men out there, Sam Christensen writes, but they’re they exception rather than the rule.

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