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    Thursday
    Apr292010

    Five Things I Hate About Being A Daddy... Blogger.

    DateThursday, April 29, 2010 at 2:32PM

    PHOTO: Wikimedia Commons: Unidentified group of men camping.

    1. The sensation that there’s a weird Wild-West land grab cloaked in a “just the fellas”, well-mannered, 50s cocktail party with a segment of “I’m an insider but I act like an outsider” vibe/situation/mentality going on.
    2. The odd bit of sanctimonious self-appointed policing.
    3. The frequently over-wrought and insipid writing.
    4. The dismissal of the genuinely heartfelt and occasionally very moving writing – however insipid it might be. (We’re all writing about our kids — and often wives – if you’re doing it right it should get a bit treacly. Sometimes. Also, see #3.)
    5. That I have been – or will be – guilty of 1 through 4. (But mostly 3.)

    And, five things I like:

    1. The slightly volatile, one-fist-clenched-one-arm-around-your-shoulders, boys’ clubishness of it all. I get the sense that there are some great guys that are “one beer away” from virtually swinging at each other. Keeps it interesting.
    2. There are some genuinely nice guys that have graciously welcomed me into the community — such as it is.
    3. The enthusiasm.
    4. There are some really good and/or really funny writers.
    5.  I’m a dad, I like to blog. What’s not to like? (Okay, four weeks, give or take, on the “official” designation but I’m not gonna get hung up on details.)

    And, FWIW, all of the above also seems to apply to the Mommy Blogging community as far as I can tell.  Vote For Us @ topbabyblogs.com Top Baby Blogs

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    Monday
    Apr052010

    Bunny Business

    DateMonday, April 5, 2010 at 8:03AM

    Easter as a secular holiday is fine. I mean, I like hanging out with family, brunching on a nice ham, and watching kids find Easter eggs as much as the next heathen. But, here’s where I have a bit of a problem – at least as far as it concerns raising Baby Grrl!™: I’m not sure I’m a big fan of perpetuating imaginary characters as legitimate representatives of an occasion to innocent (one might say, gullible) children. I mean, I’m not opposed to letting them enjoy the characters as characters. I just don’t know that I want B.B.G!™ to have misplaced faith in the existence of something at my suggestion. I think it’s a trust issue. Also, I’m not big fan of the Easter Bunny – I’ve always kind of found him (it?) a little creepy.

    I’m also pretty sure this ambivalence towards holiday mascots is grounded in the mortification I felt at having to find out very late in the game (I think I was in double digits) – and from other kids no less – that Santa Claus was not, in fact, real. Kind of a bummer. I’m not talking emotionally scarred level bummer, and certainly not enough of a bummer that I harbor the slightest bit of resentment towards anyone, but just enough of a bummer to give me pause to consider whether I want to nurture these “myths” and instill these beliefs in my child.

    Having said that, I think we all know what’s going to happen. I have very little doubt that Baby Grrl!™ will be allowed to share in the same myths – the same joys – that most, if not all, of us did.

    I still think the Easter Bunny’s kind of a jack*ss though.    Vote For Us @ topbabyblogs.com Top Baby Blogs

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    Tuesday
    Mar302010

    I'm Not Kidding Around

    DateTuesday, March 30, 2010 at 7:17AM

    Photo: Alex Tehrani for Details (Click to visit Alex’s site.)Not with your kids. At least not yet. It’s just that I’m not really interested in other people’s kids. I don’t hate them. I don’t wish them ill. And it has nothing to do with your parenting (well, sometimes it does), it’s simply that I rarely – if ever – have the desire to interact with them.

    And, that’s cool – I know a lot of them don’t want to play with me either. A lot of it has to do with my own discomfort of divining just how I’m supposed to behave with kids. Particularly the really young bambini; say 0 to 6. I’m a fairly reserved guy and I’m perfectly comfortable with the extent of my engagement with an infant or toddler being, “What’up, dude?” – I’ll gladly talk to your kid with a pseudo-ironic, “We’re just bros kickin’ it” tone. Okay, so maybe I will be intrigued by her new tricycle or his new dollhouse and chat with the wee tyke a bit over our shared interests. But that’s about it. I’ll be more than willing – and eager – to get all goo-goo-goofy with Baby Grrl!™ when she shows up, I just don’t want to practice with yours.

    After about six or so, I can be drawn out by a particularly charming child, but it really depends on how much of a jack*ss your kid has become. Now, I know I’m no prize – and I know that D.B. is now a double entendre where I’m concerned – so don’t think I don’t fear the very real possibility that Hol and I will end up raising our own Lil Diva-bag. (Parents, you may be unaware of it, but your little darling may very well be a little doucheb*g.)

    I’m not sure what to do with this. I know that once Baby Grrl!™ arrives – and I’m the SAHD caregiver – that I’ll be compelled by circumstances to go forth and interact with the unwashed (m)asses of children out there. The need to grin-and-bear-it will be paramount for Baby Grrl!™’s sake lest I be found out and we’re both ostracized from playgrounds and playgroups. Will the transformation I’ve gone through in how I feel about having my own child carry through to another change in how I feel about others’ children? Does anyone else with kids feel this way about other people’s kids? Is this one of those topics we use our “inside voice” for?

    And, no, I don’t expect you to like Baby Grrl!™. 

    You’re really missing out if you’re not listening to each post’s soundtrack…

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    Tuesday
    Mar092010

    Baby Grrl! Labs: Happiness Is Job 1.

    DateTuesday, March 9, 2010 at 11:09AM

    “Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want.”

    Intriguing insight and inspiration via TED.

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    Monday
    Feb222010

    Because I Said So?

    DateMonday, February 22, 2010 at 9:35AM

    “Now kid I know I haven’t been a perfect man…”

    A bit of postive affirmation self-help conceived by Yeasayer for their sophmore effort while reportedly tripping acid in the desert. Yeah, I guess I can see that.

    I’ll likely pass a similar sentiment along – “Stick up for yourself (girl) / Never mind what anybody else done” – to “Baby Grrl!” if only to deter (delay?) her from having to come by the insight chemically.

    And, BTW and FWIW, while working aroung the house the other day I found myself having a “conversation” with a hypothetical suitor some sixteen(ish) years from now that began: “Listen motherf*cker…”

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