Quarantined, sheltering in place, or stuck inside with your kiddos? So are we. But we have a healthy stock of board games to keep our preschoolers from climbing the walls. To help you survive the chaos, and find some calm family time in the storm, we’ve assembled our list of favorite board games. Because we know […]
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Stay At Home Dad Chronicles: Annual Review
My At Home Dad experience started at the beginning of 2019, and it was… interesting. Since then, things have become… interestinger. As part of the communal look back on 2019, I wanted to work through my issues talk about how I have progressed through the year. My hope is that some future at-home dad (or […]
Tangential Parenting: Meow Offs and Other Mysteries
Subscribe: Libsyn // Spotify // iTunes // Stitcher // Google Play Music // RSS We have another deep cut from the vault! Last summer Rachel decided I wasn’t good enough as a co-host, so she press-ganged my wife, Jenny, into service. Besides bad-mouthing me, they talk about how to plan for summer, keeping kids busy […]
Tangential Parenting: Dads Don’t Babysit
Subscribe: Libsyn // Spotify // iTunes // Stitcher // Google Play Music // RSS This week, Rachel has thoughts. Specifically, thoughts about an article that appeared in Parents titled PSA: Dad is Not the Babysitter. While the article is well-intended in many ways, it falls back on another trope to explain the imbalance in parenting […]
Tangential Parenting: Tell the Cat to be Responsible
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Tangential Parenting: Staying at Home Under a Rock
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Tangential Parenting: Artistic Exploration With Bodily Fluids (Lost Episode)
Subscribe: Libsyn // Spotify // iTunes // Stitcher // Google Play Music // RSS As you know, we haven’t published in a while. But we’re getting back in the studio just in time for the Dad 2.0 Summit. If you happen to be in San Antonio for it, please swing by. Also, we have a […]
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Google Announces Stadia, the all-device gaming platform.
I participated in Project Stream, the codename for what is now called Stadia. Back in the fall, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey was offered as a public test, and all you had to do was sign up. So I did. The sweetener was a free copy of the game after the completion of the test. For a […]
Paternity Leave is a fight for Gender Equality
Dove Men+Care recently launched a new grant program for fathers as part of their #PaternityLeavePledge campaign. The campaign is to push for change across the United States that open up the doors to fathers to take paid time off to care for a new biological or adopted child. I took the pledge, and ask you […]
Teaching Consent to Kids for Everyday Life
As a dad, you’ll often find yourself describing things you take for granted: when to pee; hot vs. cold; gravity; money. Other times, you’ll have to talk about less tangible things such as love and kindness. The hardest category, however, are things that are different from when you grew up: life before the internet; why […]
Instant Pot Shrimp and Black Bean Chili
I was inspired by the bag of Bob’s Red Mill Orca Heritage Beans I found in the cupboard while cleaning. It had a simple recipe on the back for a black & white chili. It looked okay, but I thought I could do better, as well as use my Instant Pot to make it in […]