Tag Archives: children

Happy Birthday, Son

It’s my son’s birthday.  Simple as that for this post.  Been thinking of parenting in general, so here are some quotes to celebrate the day.  I am a little disappointed that the majority of what I found was about mothers … Continue reading

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Happy Father’s Day!

Happy Father’s Day!  You know, the holiday where you have your father cook bbq, drive the family somewhere, or do something more than sleep in bed.  Throwing all that in because it’s really hard to find Father’s Day memes that … Continue reading

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Poetry Day: Generations of Immaturity

(Fairly certain this stemmed from parental conflict.  Children rarely do exactly what the parents expect, which causes friction.  It can be worse when the parent is so locked in how the world was when they were growing up that they … Continue reading

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Poetry Day: First Snow

(This is pretty obvious.  One stanza is how kids look at snow and the other is for adults.  Funny how our perception of snow changes as we age.) Children cheer for it. The sign it’s time to play. A coating … Continue reading

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Poetry Day: Fatherhoods

(This poem is about fathers.  It was written during my time as a stay-at-home father, which got me some criticism.  So, I thought about the different ‘schools’ of being a father that people threw my way.  It felt like I … Continue reading

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Happy Fathers Day!

Title pretty much says it all.  Happy Father’s Day.  Enjoy the funnies from a Google Search.

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Poetry Day: Every Morning

(This one isn’t very subtle.  From when I was a stay-at-home father and was gradually getting driven into the ground.  I really was the last one to go to sleep and the first one to wake up.  Definitely do my … Continue reading

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Questions 3: How to Make Reading Fun?

Here we are at the end of the week.  Been an interesting topic.  I figure it’s good to end on a highly interactive post.  For those who are teachers or have children, this might be fairly easy.  For others, maybe … Continue reading

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Poetry Day: Didn’t I Just Bathe You?

(This one is about parenting.  Obviously.  Thankfully, my son was never this destructive in a short amount of time.  He was too meticulous and carefully in his messes.) It has only been ten minutes Since you were rinsed and scrubbed … Continue reading

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The Coming of Age Story

The above is probably one of the biggest examples from my generation.  ‘The Breakfast Club’ was always a big ‘coming of age’ story.  It had a group of high schoolers in detention where they got to know each other.  They … Continue reading

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