Cool Acceptance
When my oldest daughter was born, and even before, I worried about princesses the way people worry about bedbugs. I was afraid that once...
Nesting in Overdrive
Preparations for the birth of my second daughter led me to an unexpected moment of self-discovery: As I get older, I’m getting craftier. I...
Naming It, Overcoming It
At not quite 3 years old, my oldest daughter is too young for a conversation about depression. But after the suicides of two beloved...
A Fine Balance
For my family, this will be the summer of The Second Coming, by which I mean the birth of our second daughter in August.
My...
The Unbearable Lengthiness of Bedtime
If you don’t have — or don’t yet have — children, you might be forgiven for imagining bedtime to be the glorious point in...
What Makes Daddy Run
No matter how much you enjoy having children, it’s inevitable that you’ll look back enviously at your pre-parenthood life. Maybe not all the time,...
10 Ways I’m Trying to Parent Differently in 2018
I don’t believe in resolutions, because resolving involves a lot of pressure and commitment. But I believe that I ought to do certain things,...
A Christmas Question
Christmas approaches, and I’m wrestling with a question to which I can find no clear and satisfying answer: What of Santa Claus?
Our daughter is...
Well, She Doesn’t Get It From Me
An old friend’s recent Facebook post about the anxiety and tears that accompanied her toddler’s first day of daycare was achingly familiar: I felt...
“That’s Not a Toy!”
I think my wife and I are on the same page about most aspects of raising our daughter, but there is one philosophical schism...
