An absurd year requires absurd solutions. That’s my motto.
About Shannon Carpenter
Halloween Movie Rules You Can Learn From Dad
Use a nitrogen based fertilizer to keep the undead in the ground.
Use a nitrogen based fertilizer to keep the undead in the ground.
Dad’s First Manicure
Things got out of hand there for a bit, but I feel much better now.
Things got out of hand there for a bit, but I feel much better now.
Giving Our Kids Permission to Be Themselves
Sometimes, they need to make their own rules and push back on authority.
Sometimes, they need to make their own rules and push back on authority.
The Reality of Virtual School
I am an IT consultant, a mathematician, a writing instructor, and an elementary student motivator. I run from the one fire to the next.
I am an IT consultant, a mathematician, a writing instructor, and an elementary student motivator. I run from the one fire to the next.
Father and Son Battle Online Math
Sometimes, heroes are made by the crucible of math before them.
Sometimes, heroes are made by the crucible of math before them.
The Realistic Schedule to Virtual School’s First Day
There is the way we all hoped the first day would go, and then there is the way that the first day actually went.
There is the way we all hoped the first day would go, and then there is the way that the first day actually went.
Did I Buy a New Coffee Pot or Is This Thing Skynet?
I've reached the point in my life where the coffee pot is smarter than I am.
I’ve reached the point in my life where the coffee pot is smarter than I am.
I Once Made My Father So Angry, He Stood up From His Wheelchair
Raising a teenager can be difficult, but not as hard as being a teenager.
Raising a teenager can be difficult, but not as hard as being a teenager.
Wasps and Celebrating Our Failures With Our Kids
They need to see us fall flat on our face, and how we react, more than they need to see us win.
They need to see us fall flat on our face, and how we react, more than they need to see us win.
Pandemic Parenting: Where Every Choice Is the Wrong One
It's time the adults in the room stood up and made the decisions our elected officials cannot.
It’s time the adults in the room stood up and made the decisions our elected officials cannot.
Movies Are Never the Same After You Become a Father
When Hulk smashes into a building, what I see are property taxes going up.
When Hulk smashes into a building, what I see are property taxes going up.
Places I Can No Longer Show My Face Because of My Children
For example, the state of Nebraska.
For example, the state of Nebraska.
Preteen Girls and Scary Movies
To make life happen, sometimes our daughters need to take control of their own futures.
To make life happen, sometimes our daughters need to take control of their own futures.
It’s Not a Consignment Sale, It’s a Survival Pit.
Survival of the fittest sale.
Survival of the fittest sale.
My 3 Year-Old Son Sings About His Private Parts. ALL the Time.
Things are starting to get weird.
Things are starting to get weird.