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Board Games to Enjoy Quarantine (or rainy day) with Preschoolers
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Quarantined, sheltering in place, or stuck inside with your kiddos? So are we. But we have a healthy stock of board games to keep our preschoolers …
March 19
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Stay At Home Dad Chronicles: Annual Review · The Modern Father
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Dec 31, 2019
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Tangential Parenting: Meow Offs and Other Mysteries
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Subscribe: Libsyn // Spotify // iTunes // Stitcher // Google Play Music // RSSWe have another deep cut from the vault! Last summer Rachel decided I …
Jun 11, 2019
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Tangential Parenting: Dads Don’t Babysit
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Subscribe: Libsyn // Spotify // iTunes // Stitcher // Google Play Music // RSSThis week, Rachel has thoughts. Specifically, thoughts about an article …
Apr 24, 2019
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Tangential Parenting: Tell the Cat to be Responsible
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Apr 5, 2019
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Tangential Parenting: Staying at Home Under a Rock
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Mar 22, 2019
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Google Announces Stadia, the all-device gaming platform.
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I participated in Project Stream, the codename for what is now called Stadia. Back in the fall, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey was offered as a public …
Mar 19, 2019
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Paternity Leave
Paternity Leave is a fight for Gender Equality
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Dove Men+Care recently launched a new grant program for fathers as part of their #PaternityLeavePledge campaign. The campaign is to push for change …
Mar 6, 2019
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Tangential Parenting: Artistic Exploration With Bodily Fluids (Lost Episode)
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Subscribe: Libsyn // Spotify // iTunes // Stitcher // Google Play Music // RSSAs you know, we haven’t published in a while. But we’re getting back in …
Feb 16, 2019
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Teaching Consent to Kids for Everyday Life
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As a dad, you’ll often find yourself describing things you take for granted: when to pee; hot vs. cold; gravity; money. Other times, you’ll have to …
Feb 11, 2019
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Instant Pot Shrimp and Black Bean Chili
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A bowl of shrimp and black bean chili over rice. A great warming lunch on yet another cold, snowy day.I was inspired by the bag of Bob’s Red Mill …
Feb 6, 2019
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Stay-at-home Dad Chronicles: The lost week
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Retrospectives identify what’s going well and what isn’t. It’s a way to help one discover both good and bad patterns, and speak frankly about …
Jan 23, 2019
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FoF: Paid Leave Gains A Powerful Ally
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Did read the news this week? Lots of talk about what masculinity is, and indignant rebuttals asserting what masculinity isn’t. We’re not surprised …
Jan 18, 2019
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Gillette’s “The Best Men Can Be” Strikes a Nerve
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On Monday, Gillette put a new spin on their tagline, “The Best a Man Can Get.”Thirty years ago this month, Gillette launched their tagline during the …
Jan 15, 2019
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Stay-at-Home Dad Chronicles: The First Full Week
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My first day included a third child for some reasonI survived. The boys survived. The cat survived (she frequently slunk off to the basement rafters …
Jan 14, 2019
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Modern Father Theater: Open a Coconut
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There comes a time in every dad’s life where they must teach their children how to open a coconut. My time has come.Below the fold, you’ll see how it …
Jan 12, 2019
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How to Open a Coconut with Kids
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Jan 12, 2019
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Stay-at-Home Dad Chronicles: Preparing to fly solo
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The day of reckoning is fast approaching. With January 2nd looming in the distance, it’s definitely time to start stay-at-home dad preparation. On …
Nov 29, 2018
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Great Gifts for 2018: Tech Toys and Gadgets · The Modern Father
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Nov 26, 2018
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Why I’m Leaving my Career to be a Stay-At-Home Dad
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Now that I’ve made it all official at work, it’s time for my super secret big news: Starting in 2019, I will be a stay-at-home dad.It gave up just …
Nov 19, 2018
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State of The Modern Father
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A few of you may have noticed that the site has been a tad quiet lately. The last article before Saturday’s was from June, where I talked about… why …
Nov 12, 2018
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Michelle Obama on miscarriage, infertility, and IVF
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On Friday morning, the stories in Michelle Obama’s new memoir, , started to trickle out. While there was plenty of ink spilled about her feelings …
Nov 10, 2018
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When Procrastination Turns into Paralysis
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You may have noticed a lack of activity here at The Modern Father; even our social channels have been rather quiet. While it is true that the …
Jun 28, 2018
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To my daughter, who taught me not to worry about time
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In fact, people spend a lot of time trying to harmonize with that rhythm, measuring their lives in milestones: marriage by this age, a house by that, twice your salary (or more) saved by age 35, and so
Jun 6, 2018
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Bake Banana Bread with Toddlers · The Modern Father
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Jun 1, 2018
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Google Play Music
Tangential Parenting: Don’t Play Operation with Surgeons
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Subscribe: Libsyn // Spotify // iTunes // Stitcher // Google Play Music // RSSYou time. Do you get it? Or do you spend your few moments not taking …
May 21, 2018
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Eating Organic May Make Kids Anemic
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What happens when you do everything right, and your toddler still ends up with iron deficiency? This is a question posed to many parents with …
May 18, 2018
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Home-crafted Cherry Rye Manhattan Cocktail
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A local restaurant called Origami has a cocktail on their menu called the Sakura Noir. During a date night, the description caught my attention, …
May 10, 2018
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We're gearing up for gardening. Here's our 4 steps for planning out your garden.
Gardening with Kids: Plan it Out, Write it Down · The Modern Father
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May 5, 2018
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Tangential Parenting: Muffins from the Darkest Timeline
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*SPOILER ALERT* Starting at the 36:00 mark, the last season of Game of Thrones is discussed briefly, so skip to ahead to 38:00 where we discuss the …
May 6, 2018