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February 01, 2007 01:05 AM EST -- My mother-in-law is presiding over one of the most unique and touching raffles that I have ever seen.  Spread out on a table in front of her are about fifty pieces of costume jewelry (necklaces, bracelets, . . . more
March 20, 2007 10:34 PM EDT -- Okay, I said it.  There it is.  My nomination for the absolute worst parenting moment outside of illness or injury. Poop in the tub.  Maybe nobody else is talking about it, because they . . . more
February 14, 2007 10:30 AM EST -- This week my daughter, ever the proud kindergartener, pulled from her backpack a pulpy red-bordered catalog that I recognized instantly.  It was her first Scholastic Book Club catalog.  Book . . . more
July 09, 2008 08:56 AM EDT -- I was feeling a little nostalgic and drifting back through years of family summer vacation pictures, including those I have just recently taken.  It struck me in this viewing that the children change . . . more
July 31, 2007 10:27 AM EDT -- According to mainstream media, parenting is a bit like trying to carry an enormous cardboard box with nothing but a cannon ball in it: minor shifts precipitate a sudden problem.  At the moment, the . . . more
February 04, 2007 12:43 PM EST -- A few thoughts about your children and the media on the eve of the Superbowl: The American Academy of Pediatrics recently published a policy statement that you should probably read.  It is entitled . . . more
March 26, 2007 10:32 PM EDT -- I can say without hesitation that Babyproofing Your Marriage: How to Laugh More, Argue Less and Communicate Better as Your Family Grows by Stacie Cockerell, Cathy O'Neill and Julia Stone is the single . . . more
May 09, 2007 12:31 AM EDT -- Mother’s Day.  Give mom a card, breakfast in bed, handmade presents from the kids – all cute as a button.  But let’s face it.  This day just isn’t getting the job . . . more
June 03, 2007 10:05 AM EDT -- I have decided, after careful consideration, to resign my post as the Chief Creative Officer of DadLabs.com in order to spend more time with my family.  It has been my pleasure to serve, but I feel . . . more
June 05, 2007 11:49 PM EDT -- One of the sacred cows of parenting, one of those deeply held societal values that all us breeders share, is that children should do chores – required, independently and regularly performed household . . . more
April 23, 2007 11:55 PM EDT -- I know that you’ve probably had this weekend, too.  The spouse has a big project due, so she’s in the office on the weekend.  I’m on my own.  It’s pouring.  . . . more
June 20, 2007 12:11 AM EDT -- Summer is the season of boredom. Just ask my eight-year-old. Despite his frequent and high-pitched and really annoying protestations to the contrary, I think that boredom is a good thing.  Boredom . . . more
December 03, 2007 10:46 PM EST -- When my oldest was entering Kindergarten, there was just one thing that I really wanted him to learn – not reading or math or social studies or science.  Good values are fine and all, and . . . more
January 29, 2008 02:04 PM EST -- I took one look at the thing and sprained both ankles and fractured my tibia.  Because skateboards are not nearly unstable and dangerous enough, someone went ahead and invented the Ripstik . . . more
March 25, 2008 10:22 PM EDT -- What use is it for a blogger to go to Disney, if not to come back and write a long, snarky takedown of the Happiest Place on Earth?  So here it comes. I didn't like the coffee. Is that . . . more
Home Alone: Daddy Style
by Clay Nichols
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July 04, 2008 09:09 AM EDT -- My family has been away on vacation for the past week, leaving me behind to have a career.  For a family man, time away from the domestic cohabitants is always disorienting, but remaining behind . . . more
September 11, 2007 02:26 PM EDT -- Nothing screams family and early childhood like Las Vegas.  So I guess it is no surprise that the organizers of the ABC Kids Expo hold their annual trade show in Sin City.  Every year, manufacturers . . . more
March 13, 2007 11:52 PM EDT -- This is an amazing season to live in Austin, Texas. The city is buzzing.  It is South By Southwest (or SXSW) time again.  In case you're not a hipster, SXSW is an enormous festival celebrating . . . more
May 22, 2007 11:42 PM EDT -- Somebody recently asked me, "what are the five things that nobody tells a guy about being a dad?" Things like not seeing movies in the theatre any more, or "slight" changes in your . . . more
September 05, 2007 07:34 AM EDT -- My oldest child, Wilson, sits in one of the two fighting chairs in the wide open stern of the Banshee with his fishing rod bent over, hauling up and reeling down, celebrating his ninth birthday.  . . . more
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