Baby Take a Ride in My (Chicken) Coop DeVille

Andy Hinds

Every man needs a passion. For Andy Hinds, it’s the super-deluxe chicken coop he just built: The Coop DeVille.

Is Dad Blogging a Kind of Ambulance Chasing?

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Blogging on the princess industrial complex and other hot-button parenting issues leaves Zach Rosenberg feeling conflicted

‘The End of Men’ Turned Me Into a Caricature

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Andy Hinds was shocked by the way Hanna Rosin portrayed his life in her book ‘The End of Men’ – and he wants to set the record straight.

Why Parent Blogging is Exactly Like Punk Rock

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Andy Hinds insists that while may not think it at first, parent blogging is exactly like punk rock… without the mohawks.

The Best of GMP’s Dad Writing

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Today we offer you 10 of our favorite stories from Dads, about being a father and what fatherhood means to them. These stories are funny, touching, sad and above all, honest.

How Parent Blogging Made Me a Worse Parent

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Andy Hinds confesses how overly-ambitious daddy blogging late into the night made him into a grumpy, hypocrite dad in the morning.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt On Journalistic Integrity and Honoring Loved Ones

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Massively-talented actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt made an appeal today about the way his brother’s death was portrayed in the media that caused Joanna Schroeder to think about what really matters in storytelling.

I Hate Miami: Does Sports Teach Hostility?

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Andy Hinds fears that sports culture may be teaching our kids aggression, based upon a cultish and arbitrary legacy.

Open Thread: What Sort of Father Was Your Dad?

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What type of father was your dad? What’s your best memory of him? As a parent, will you learn from his mistakes or try to be just like him?

TEX

Tex, Father's Day

Andy Hinds and his father share memories of Andy’s bootlegging, fist-fighting, cowboy grandfather, “Tex.”

Parenting Magazine and the Changing Role of Dads

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DadsGood blogger Andy Hinds weighs in on HLN.com today about the ways in which at-home dads are portrayed in mainstream media.

10 Things I May or May Not Have Learned From My Dad but Probably Should Have

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Andy Hinds lists the top 10 reasons his father is a shining exemplar of masculinity.

The First Time I Made My Kid Cry

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It’s not the first time at-home dad Andy Hinds has gotten angry, nor is it the first time his daughter has cried… But it’s the first time her tears were his fault.