Psychologists and divorce attorneys know all too well about the “seven-year itch,” the phenomenon through which married people generally get sick of each other after seven years of matrimony.
But an essay this week on The New York Times “Motherlode” blog discusses a different kind of seven-year disillusionment: One with your kids.
The story, written by Alison [...]

Sure, Gisele Bundchen might be hot, but she has proven this week that she is, in fact, as dumb as the footballs that her husband throws for the Patriots.
In a nutshell, new-mom Bundchen sounded off with her opinions on breastfeeding, stating something stupid about an international law requiring all moms to breastfeed their newborns for [...]

Finally got around to reading an article about only children in a back issue of TIME magazine (full disclosure: they are a client). As an only child who is currently the parent of one kid, the piece certainly touched a nerve.
I’ll spare you the details, but the story cites “current” psychological “research” that suggests kids [...]

As you probably know from reading this blog, I’m a die-hard Yankees fan. It was with great pleasure, then, that I read this terrific Mike Vaccaro story about another father celebrating the accomplishments of his child in today’s New York Post.
In a nutshell, the piece is about Jed Curtis, father of Colin Curtis, a reserve [...]

I’m always a sucker for parent/daddy news, and today stumbled upon two links worth sharing.
The first, a story that ran in the San Francisco Chronicle (my de facto hometown paper), is a friend’s positive spin on the bad news from a story in New York magazine about how people with kids tend to be more [...]

We’re just back from a weekend with the family up in Murphys, but I wanted to post a link to a New York Times story from last week about new ways in which Proctor & Gamble and other baby-product manufacturers are marketing to dads. The story raises some interesting issues, especially considering that dad is [...]

Everybody who’s ever considered becoming a parent has heard horror stories about how mommyhood can derail a career for some women. A recent article (by a good friend) on ABCNews.com looked at how a growing number of men are being daddy-tracked, as well.
The story, which ran just before Father’s Day, was titled, “Daddy-Tracked: Men Punished [...]

On the eve of my second Father’s Day, I’m proud to announce the launch of The Good Men Project Magazine. Though the zine first appeared online June 1, the formal debut is tomorrow. Yes, I contribute to this site. But with a host of thoughtful and moving essays on fatherhood, I’d recommend it nevertheless. Check [...]

As you readers know, my wife and I had a terrible experience on a recent United Airlines flight between San Francisco and Lihue, Kauai. In a nutshell, the plane had no changing tables and we were told, basically, to improvise. Infuriated by this heartless policy, I wrote a letter of complaint to United last week. [...]

Following our United Airlines/changing table debacle from earlier this month (still no response to my complaint letter, in case you’re keeping score at home), my angst is growing about the way airlines treat parents with young children.
All week, friends have been emailing me with sob stories about their own experiences on airplanes without changing tables.
Then, [...]