I’ve been slow about the blog lately. The perils of paid work: It’s hard to get to the unpaid work, even if you love both. I did write this poem for my mom’s birthday and thought I’d share because, well, motherhood. I’m doing a series on my feelings concerning the gravitas of parenting. The pressure, the […]
Men Help Less Than They Think
What Men Do Men do more at home than they ever have, but it's not as much as they think and it doesn't come close to what women do. This may not surprise you. Before children, research shows that modern young couples do about the same amount of domestic work. But after having a baby, women [...]
Which of Your Children Would You Save?
Has anyone ever brought up the hypothetical "which of your kids would you save" question to you? The story is something like: the box of diapers you are bringing home from Target has a ticking bomb in it and you only have time to remove one of your car seat-buckled children. Who would it be?We [...]
10 Personalities of Dads At Birth
Back in the old days, Dads weren't allowed anywhere near their laboring lovers. Some even dropped off their wives at the front door of the hospital and came back to pick her up a few days later.The Modern Man is more of a Dad, and it begins right away. Dads are reading and talking about [...]
A Mothering God
It’s always been easier for me to imagine God as a partnership–a Mother and a Father in heaven. Or at least to imagine that the cultural perceptions and concepts we have of mother are more closely related to the nature of God than are the cultural perceptions and concepts we have of father.Not withstanding my […]
