As it was I wasn't having the best day ever. My mother called to inform me that the director of my son's school, where my mother also works, wants to talk to me about my child's future and how to help him adjust. She mentioned some "free services" that may be helpful. I've been in [...]
Whenever my wife and I can't figure out what we want to do on a special occasion, this one being our 5th anniversary, we go to a casino. I know this is wrong. Fortunately, we're the world's worst gamblers so we only play the slots and and we set a low budget for the amount [...]
This being my 100th post (and my birthday) I figured I'd do something poignant and sum up my life as a father with this conversation had over dinner last night: "Devin, why do you have that toy at the table? Stop waving it around and put it down. I want you to eat your dinner, [...]
I am a fan of the "timeout." It's not the only punishment in my arsenal, not by a long shot, yet it has a certain appeal. It's a good option for lesser crimes; I stand by it. Many black folk have criticized me for advocating non-corporal punishments as a means of discipline. They talk about the [...]
The first thing I saw this morning when I opened Internet Explorer was this article on Black History Month. The article basically discusses the varying feelings around there being a month dedicated to black history. One of the things that I discovered from the article was that February being the designated month may not necessarily be the smack in [...]