Category: parenthood
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Take Kid 2 to Work Day: An Unexpected Win
When a “polar vortex” and a scheduling crunch forced a 180-minute round trip and a “Take Kid 2 to Work Day,” I was bracing for a disaster. Instead, I found an unexpected win. Read how a day in my “Sanctuary Classroom” offered a fresh perspective on the parenting grind, the…
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Strong Enough to Sob
Can a superhero movie or a 90s tear-jerker actually define your philosophy on life? From the heroic end of Tony Stark to a ‘George Costanza’ moment during Home Alone, I’m looking at the father-son dynamics that shaped me. At 51, I’ve realized that being ‘strong enough to sob’ isn’t a…
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On phoning it in, and self-perceived failure
It’s very easy to just get caught up in the day routine of our daily wise and feel like we are “just going through the motions”
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Crashing Into The Learning Curve
Kid 1 is having some struggles in his first semester away at college. I have to say that this wasn’t unexpected.
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Kid 1 goes to college
I got a kid in college. I got a kid in college on a scholarship. I got a kid who is about to experience the most amazing four years of his entire life. I’m just excited to be a witness.
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Go West, Young Man! 
We humans are simply not equipped to comprehend the passage of time when it comes to having children of our own
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There Is No Owner’s Manual… 
Being a parent is one thing I did not understand until I went through it myself
Rebuilding Rob 