Category: Parenting

Parenting. It’s why moms are moms and dads are dads.

A chat with Mike von Grey, father of indie/alt/folk rock group von Grey

As a dad to two young boys I imagine how difficult it must be to be a dad to teenage girls.  But what if you were the father to four teenagers, all of whom were in a band?  And then that band started getting phone calls from Sarah McLaughlin to open up for her on concert, play SXSW, Conan, Letterman, Rock Center on NBC and have their debut EP land in the top 10 on iTunes?  Which is more difficult, how to handle four teenage girls or how to manage an up and coming folk/rock group with bookings all across the country and interviews with major publications?

Come On von Grey

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The day our son learned about death

Recently we had a family cat cross over the rainbow bridge.  Ripley was an older cat, had some sudden health issues and died.  One of the first thoughts I had afterwards was how do we tell our oldest son that one of the cats died?  He’s always been close with the animals, all of whom are older, and teaching him about death isn’t something that I had given any thought to. So how do you teach young children about death?

Ripley the cat

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Is it wrong that I’m glad our oldest son likes blue and not pink?

The other day we were shopping and I asked our 4 year old what bubble bath he wanted.  I showed him two bottles.  “The pink one is for girls”, he said.  I agreed with him, but didn’t say anything because pink is for girls, as we walked towards the feminine product to purchase tampons for my wife. Continue reading Is it wrong that I’m glad our oldest son likes blue and not pink?

The Halloway house party and the parents who enabled it

Brian Halloway is a retired football player that lives in Florida now, but still has a house in upstate New York.  Over Labor Day his house was broken into and approximately 300 teens thoroughly trashed it.  Being teenagers they posted photos from the event which alerted him to the Halloway house party.  It’s easy to blame the teens, who are ultimately to blame; however, the behavior of the teen’s parents is even more appalling.  Continue reading The Halloway house party and the parents who enabled it

Momagers, mom and dad to the job interview are red flags for life

If the article weren’t in The Wall Street Journal I would swear that it came from The Onion.  The title of the article, Should You Bring Mom and Dad to The Job Interview is about how Millennials are bringing their parents to the workplace.  Cue blood boiling at the headline, stupid weak Millennials, I say in my grumpy old man voice.  However, one of the stories isn’t all bad. Continue reading Momagers, mom and dad to the job interview are red flags for life

The Starbucks #VIA Moment Instagram contest #Spon

I do like my caffeine.  Most of the time it’s iced, sometimes it’s hot, but it’s always caffeine and somehow, magically makes the day become 5:00 so much quicker. As a stay at home dad these moments have to be timed and need to happen during the late morning or early afternoon for me to make it to the finish line.  Starbucks and Life of Dad have teamed up on a groovy contest to highlight how important coffee can be to us all. Continue reading The Starbucks #VIA Moment Instagram contest #Spon

Being a better parent means thinking like a lawyer

Being a parent requires you to wear many hats.  Some of these hats, or professions you may have had no practical experience with, but they will help you in dealing with your children.   Earlier we mentioned the skill sets of a waiter that are needed by all parents.  Now that we have one child who can engage in conversations we’ve discovered the need to work like a waiter and think like a lawyer. Continue reading Being a better parent means thinking like a lawyer

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