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Category Archives: Stay At Home Dads
Father taking the lead in parenting
(wrote this in June 2016 and just discovered it in the ‘draft’ folder. Oops) We’ve been in Beijing for exactly five months. This Wednesday we leave to go on our great 2016 summer tour, in the USA. The boy and … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, China, Living Abroad, marathon training, Stay At Home Dads, The Media
Tagged Beijing, Expat, gender roles, SAHD
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My Quotable Kid
Soon after we adopted the boy, a friend gave us the “My Quotable Kid” book. Basically, its a journal of your child’s comments you wish to save. Must be from pre blog days… Just found this book on the shelf, … Continue reading
To bike or not to bike
Since starting kindergarten and biking the boy on the cargo bike to school, I figured it was only a matter of time before he would generate the interest in learning to ride a bike himself. The weeks and months passed … Continue reading
Posted in Ballard, Memories, Seattle, Stay At Home Dads
Tagged Biking, Canada, learn to ride a bike, Pedal Heads, Summer
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Help the 5 year old kindergarten students do what??!?
I volunteer two mornings in Will’s kindergarten class. On Monday’s, I often do busy work for the teacher like cutting and pasting projects that will be displayed on the classroom wall. Or assist the teacher monitoring the kids working on … Continue reading
Posted in School, Stay At Home Dads
Tagged hammering, kindergarten, SAHD, volunteer at school
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Elephants never forget
They say that elephants never forget. They should say the same about Will. The other day, we were talking about his Halloween costume and he has decided to dress up as Emmet, from the Lego movie. Have I mentioned, “The … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Holidays, Memories, Stay At Home Dads
Tagged crafts, Emmet, forget, Halloween, Halloween costume, memory, The Lego Movie, to-do list
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The other day, at the school playground
How nice it is to see parents coming together after school is dismissed, while their children play on the school playground. Each day, parents have the opportunity to meet new parents, chat with old friends and reinforce elementary school ‘community’. … Continue reading
Posted in School, Stay At Home Dads
Tagged building school community, helicopter parents, parenting, playground, SAHD
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Three cheers for Emma Watson
Just came across this fine article by fellow SAHD Aaron, in Time magazine. …”Men are roundly criticized for working too much and spending too much time away from home, yet many people are suspect of stay-at-home dads and routinely stigmatize … Continue reading
Posted in Stay At Home Dads, The Media
Tagged Emma Watson, gender sterotyping, SAHD, Time magazine
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Thinking about the old days
The boy is only 5 years old but numerous times lately, I’ve found myself thinking back to when he was younger. Not sure what the trigger is, for these thoughts. Perhaps the continuing display of his infamous “stubbornness” or desire … Continue reading
Posted in Memories, School, Stay At Home Dads
Tagged childhood memories, growing up, SAHD, Toddlers
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Learning to let go.
The boy is four and a half and has several friends on the street, who are 1 to several years older. Several times a week, in the afternoon, he’ll hear them playing outside and always begs to join them. Historically, … Continue reading
Posted in Memories, Stay At Home Dads
Tagged control, growing up, parenting, SAHD, Stay-at-home-dad
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