Dad Dispatches

Talking to Young Kids About Race

The best part about talking to young kids about race in America – and particularly racism – is just how absurd it sounds [...]

When my wife and I were considering having a second kid, some parents warned that the amount of time and effort raising kids [...]

My wife and I dated twice. I broke things off the first time around, after we had dated for about a week. I [...]

Kids have big ears. And not cover-of-Mad-magazine big ears (though sometimes that too). But they often pay a lot more attention to their [...]

I grew up on about 40 acres of woods and swamp. I spent a lot of time outside as a kid, though I [...]

The old adage is that nobody is on their deathbed wishing they would have spent more time at work. By this point I’ve [...]