Educating Mason
May 16th, 2008 | By Chuck
We hadn’t really thought about the possibility of a preschool bully. When our 3 year old daughter started sharing complaints over dinner time we decided to share a bit of advice. Read more…
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About: D is for Dad
Our hope is our cumulative effort will provide some good content, from different voices, around what it means to be dad. The moments when we revel in the joy and success of our kids, as well as those times we are just trying to keep them from hating us.
There will also be posts on other dad or parenting related items such as websites, books, music, movies and anything else that seems to fit. We guys are pretty good at beating a square peg through a round hole when necessary. Keep this in mind if you come across something that doesn't quite fit.
If you find anything comment worthy it would be nice to hear from you. It is always good to know we aren't falling on our faces alone.
Chuck
Chuck is the father of four great kids. The oldest are a boy age sixteen and a girl age twelve. The youngest are two more girls ages three and one. The oldest two are from a previous marriage, and do not live with Chuck, and the youngest two from his current and last marriage.
Chuck has been happily married for the past nine years and can honestly say that he likes his wife as much as he loves her, which is quite a bit in case you were wondering.
During the day Chuck holds down a management gig in the technology department for a large U.S. steel company.
Mike
Michael is the father of 3. His eldest, Daughter#1, is from a previous marriage and lives with her mother. She is a Sophomore in High School. Son#1 is 8 and is in Second Grade. The new addition to the family is a little baby girl, Daughter#2.
Michael has been married to his current wife for 8 years, but they've been together for 14 great years. She is a wonderful mother not only to Son#1, and Daughter#2, but to Daughter#1 as well.
Interests and credentials include being a Big Kid - because it makes it easier to relate to the kids, a Den Leader at his son's Scout Pack, a Tinkerer - because he has plans of taking over the world someday, and he poses as a Web Developer in the daytime.
Michael still watches Saturday morning cartoons. It's a great time to just quietly cuddle with his kids.
Scott
Scott is a father of three and has been married for 18 years and has been in love with her for a lot longer than that. He has two boys ages 9 and 11 and one daughter age 13.
Scott can often be heard saying that being a dad is the best job in the world. What other kind of jobs are paid in hugs?
Scott works for a large midwest steel distributor as training coordinator and truly like what he does (what is wrong with this guy)?
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Ghandi he’s not.
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My son celebrated a milestone last Saturday. After several years of preparation he went through his First Communion (aka First ...
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I love water Apr 30th, 2008 | By Mike
This is an old picture of my son. He was around 18 mos. at the time (he is 8 now). I think it is one of the best pictures I’ve ever taken.
The eyes have it Apr 30th, 2008 | By Chuck
Recently our neighbor shared a conversation she had with her son after he had finished playing in the sandbox with our three year old daughter.
It seems he was a bit concerned when my daughter complained about the ants that were eating her eyes. He had taken a good look in her eyes and couldn’t [...]
Write them a letter Apr 27th, 2008 | By Chuck
When listening to the latest
Jumping Monkeys podcast last week the guests,
Rookie Moms, mentioned writing letters to your kids from infancy forward. When I heard this it hit me like a ton of bricks. Why hadn’t I thought of this before? The idea is a great one and the conversational tone in a [...]
Tic-Tac-Toe Apr 23rd, 2008 | By Chuck
I’ve been a fan of the Wordless Wednesday project posts for quite awhile. This is my first contribution.
a journey without incident Apr 19th, 2008 | By Chuck
In the fall of last year my sister and brother-in-law were planning on visiting my family during Christmas. There were some thoughts of my mother visiting as well, though distant they were. Unfortunately this didn’t happen since they all fell ill and traveling just wasn’t a good idea. My wife was really looking forward [...]
Big in Japan Apr 17th, 2008 | By Mike
I found myself being ready for work extremely early a few weeks ago. I had nothing left to do but sit and wait for 7:30 to roll around so I could take my son to school. He himself was ready early too. So we sat and watched the Pokemon cartoon for a little bit.
My son [...]
