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Child Labor

I have endeavored thus far to give my children a carefree, fun-filled life. Now that they’re seven and five years old however, it’s time to bring the hammer down and […] Read more »
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Soccer Parenting

As a youth, I played three seasons of AYSO Soccer. I remember running laps, and not kicking the ball, and running laps, and losing a lot of games, and running […] Read more »
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Getting Wet

I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but it’s been hot this summer. Like really, really hot.  Like melt-your-eyeballs hot. Having two young children as I do, and being at home […] Read more »
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To the Elementary Class of 2010

Graduates, As you prepare to close the book on what has undoubtedly become one of the most vividly enthralling chapters in your lives, I would like to take this opportunity […] Read more »
Tappan Hill School, Tarrytown, NY

Au Revoir, Tappan Hill

Tappan Hill School is closing its doors. This should not be news to anyone in our community by this point, but nevertheless, I find it jarring to write those words. […] Read more »

Z is for Zebra

With clear skies and a joyous sun beaming down, spring has now officially (as far as I’m concerned) arrived. On a recent Friday, my wife took my daughter into work, […] Read more »

Getting the Call

The phone rang on a lazy afternoon just before 2:00. I glanced at the caller ID number; it looked mildly familiar, local, but I couldn’t place it off-hand. I picked […] Read more »

T.G.I. McAppleFriendly’s

Like any stay-at-home parent, I relish the occasional opportunity to slack off my meal-prepping duties and haul the brood out to a local eatery. I love the simplicity of just […] Read more »

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I love my kids. They’re cute, funny, happy little tykes who smell good, look up to me, and claim to love me back. But aside from all that, I’ve found […] Read more »
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River Dad, Happy Birthday to [Your Child Here]!

Recently, my children attended three birthday parties in one weekend. The weekend before, we’d had two, and there was another the weekend after. That’s six birthday parties in three weeks, […] Read more »