Category: Parenting
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I’m Okay With My Boys Playing Football; Am I Canceled?
The other day, James came home from school with a library book titled History of The Detroit Lions. He begged me to read it at bedtime and was captivated by tales of the Bobby Layne curse, Dick “Night Train” Lane, Eric Hipple, Cocaine Wayne, Barry, Calvin, Pad Statford, and all the other characters and events from…
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A Beautiful Set
If you’re reading this, at some point you’ve had or will have the vasectomy discussion. And much like every mom has her labor stories, every guy has his vasectomy story. Most are rather uneventful: schedule them on a big sports weekend, take some Ativan before the procedure, come home, sit on a bag of peas…
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Pass The Ball, Son
1st grade basketball games on Fridays a the YMCA are bittersweet. My son Sam, who is enthusiastic about most things, loves the game and is one of the better players (I promise that’s not just a proud dad talking). He’s also a ball hog. If he has the ball, he’s looking to shoot; if he…
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