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The Minor Details
What will be his or her heritage? How tall will he or she be as an adult? Boy or girl? I’m answering the tough questions today, based on educated theories. This series isn’t a “baby blog”. Instead,...
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Reviewing The Business of Being Born
Fourteen weeks. Second trimester. For the past several weeks, my wife has been toying with the idea of “going natural” for the birth. In other words, no pain medication. And I’ve been impressed just...
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The Gender of the Baby
“Sadie, Chloe, Sammy, or Max, chillin’ in a baby sack. Tristan, Evan, Lily, Zoey, or Jack…” -Candy Butchers, “Let’s Have a Baby” Nineteen weeks. After my grandmother’s dream and my wife’s co-worker’s...
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The Importance of a Man’s Shoes
Twenty-three weeks. I blame it on my Italian heritage, which trickled down to me throughout my life thanks to my grandfather Metallo; of course, since I grew up in the South, he was simply “Paw Paw”....
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The Trifecta of Hard Work, Consistency, and Creativity
Nine months. As a husband and dad, it’s important to me that I am inspiring and engaging to my wife and son. So I have adopted an assumed business model to do just that: to be not only hardworking and...
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Santa Claus and Other White Lies We Tell Our Kids
One year. With good reason, I’ve never been able to legitimately process the double standard of leading a child to believe in Santa Claus while at the same time teaching them not to lie. It’s...
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The Peculiar Rise of Outspoken Evangelical Christians in 2011
13 months. I don’t even watch sports, nor do I have cable, but yet still I have been unable to ignore the relevance of the 24 year-old quarterback for the Denver Broncos; Mr. Tim Tebow. Even I know...
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What We Can Learn (and Disregard) From French Parents
14 months. There is a lot of buzz going on right now about a book called Bringing Up Bebe, by Pamela Druckerman, insinuating that the French are better than us Americans at being parents. My question...
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Teaching An American 2 Year-Old To Kiss Like A European
2 years, 1 months. Dear Jack, Every night before we put you to bed, you know you have to kiss Mommy and me goodnight. Right now, we’re helping you figure out how to do it just right. “No tongue, Jack!”...
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The Relevant Rise Of Bronies: Neo-Masculinity
3 years, 4 months. Dear Jack, I felt it was my duty to try to understand the “bronies” movement. All I knew is that there are apparently young men (typically ages 18 to 35) who are legitimate fans of...
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