Tom Matlack talks to married men to find out when they knew their wife was “the one.”
When A Divorce Makes a Better Dad
GMP founder Tom Matlack reflects on the trials and triumphs of divorce on fatherhood
First, Let’s Kill All the Blue Screens
It could be me on my annual New Year’s rant against the electronic world getting all 19th century on your ass. But I don’t think so.
A Snowy Drive and the Voices of Sandy Hook
I want to feel my feelings again. And ruminate on what, in the end, is my contribution to make to my family and my world.
A New Year’s Resolution Via Walden Pond
I concluded that I have to do even less and go inwards even more. Grasping at the walls of the cave will only cause me more pain. Free fall is the only way now.
What Is Good?
Goodness is a thing that we each have to define for ourselves and set out for with an open mind and a strong heart.
On Cleaning My Office
My instinct is always to force a kind of half-baked order. But today I am in no rush to put away the piles of crap that surround me.
How Do We Talk to Boys About Violence?
At this point I think there is a very dangerous silence. And that’s not their fault. It’s ours.
A Week in Tweets …
Just another week of twitter conversation at GMP. Here are a handful of my favorites.
On Gaslighting and Male Privilege
This all boils down to how we handle differences of opinion.
What Role Does Hollywood Have in Gun Violence?
A powerful video takes a Hollywood PSA, made just after Sandy Hook, and turns it on its head.
Raising Teenagers For Dummies (Like Me)
Tom Matlack thinks about how to best raise his kids all day long, even now that they’ve grown into teens. Here are some of his insights.
Daddy Pick-Up
I am defined by what I love. That includes the ritual of getting my son from school.
GMP Founder Admits to Use of Make-Up
Call me a cross-dresser, a hockey-player-groupie, a wanna be hard rocker. I don’t care. Because I still love my wife.
This Much I Know To Be True
Despite the fact that manhood has become a third rail of modern society, I refuse to stop talking about it.
2012: A Year of Outrages
It was a year of zany attacks from all sides. I’m thinking that might just mean we are onto something.