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Good Morning, Dad!
One of the things I look forward to every morning is the daily phone call I receive from my family. It is a nice reminder as my workday gets started as to why I come to work. Now that school is out...
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Fatherhood Friday: Teens and the Hip-Hop Culture
I like rap music. I grew up listening to Run-DMC, Beastie Boys, Fat Boys, and many more. As a young adult, the hip-hop/rap music that I listened to became more, let’s just say… mature. I traded in...
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Letting Go is Hard Sometimes
It is difficult for us as parents to begin letting go of our children. After all, we spend our whole lives living to protect them. The experience that we have gained over the years has given us wisdom...
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Schoolbus Chatter
I was recently engaged in a Facebook conversation with some friends from middle school about some of the raunchy things teenaged boys say to each other. The point was brought up that the girls with...
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At Wit’s End – Disciplining Your Teen
Q: Dear Mr. Man, I have a teenager who is out of control. She is disrespectful, unruly, and doesn’t listen to a thing I say anymore. I have tried to ground her by taking away her iPad and cell phone,...
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Nightmare (Oh, the horror!)
The Boy called me today during my lunch break to tell me about a nightmare that he had last night. I stopped what I was doing and began to listen intently as he recalled his dream to me. BOY: Dad, so...
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Gift-Giving Responsibly and Without Expectation
“‘Tis the season for giving.” I am almost certain that the person who coined this phrase had no idea of the big money industry that the holiday season would become. It is not uncommon for retailers to...
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Is It Damaging to Tell Your Son to “Be A Man”?
The San Francisco Times posted an article entitled “The 3 Most Damaging Words You Can Tell Your Son”. The article is simple a video produced by The Representation Project entitled, “The Mask You Live...
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Clogged Plumbing (Oz Man Got A Big Ole’ Butt)
Photo credit:homeguides.sfgate.com Oz just got off the pot. No, my little man is not on the chronic, the herb, or the “ooooo weeee”. The pot is what we would tell the kids to sit on when they “had to...
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Bad Word Blitz
It is rare these days when the entire family can sit down and enjoy a television program. The teenagers, Bae and J.C. are usually doing homework, Vining, Snapchatting, watching Jimmy Fallon on...
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