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Take This Under Advisement, Jerkweed – Vol. 6
It’s been a while since I’ve offered my uniquely unqualified parenting advice to my readers, mostly because no one asks e any questions. I can’t blame them; I’m a moron and some of this stuff could get...
View ArticleZombie Post: From the Mouths of (Those Without) Babes
Yesterday, I wrote about the idiotic gulf that exists between people who have kids and people who don’t. There’s no reason we parents can’t get along with the childless; if I didn’t have childless...
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Don’t Let Them Bring You Down
My kid has been a real punk lately. When your kids are at their most trying, it can make even the most seasoned parent question themselves. I say don’t. Especially if you’re parenting a toddler....
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Who Cried and Made Me King?
I’ve been a parent for just about three years (though I haven’t felt like one for that long). I repeatedly admit my total lack of parenting know-how, partially because there is no one right way to...
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Advisory Scoundrel
I have my bona fides. You’ve seen me on Huffington Post, inciting the rabble to abuse me with their humorless comments. You’ve seen me on Huffington Post saying serious things, providing insight. And...
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Take This Under Advisement, Jerkweed! – Volume 7
Here’s the thing, people: when I say I’m a parenting expert, I’m being sarcastic. If you’ve read my blog, you know what I think about the idea that anyone can be an “expert” parent. It’s hogwash. It’s...
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Take This Under Advisement, Jerkweed! – Volume 8
Advice isn’t hard. All you have to do is put yourself in someone else’s shoes and then pretend you are smarter than them. Parents do it CONSTANTLY. It’s one of the reasons everyone hates us. Which...
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Why You Shouldn’t Read My Blog
I don’t know how to put this, but I’m kind of a big deal. Not only are my tweets regularly featured in the Huffington Post’s weekly list of “Best Parenting Tweets” – follow me at @DadandBuried – but...
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Parental Advisories – Volume 9
Look. It’s not that I don’t want to give you people advice, it’s that you won’t allow me to. Even after my previous EIGHT installments of my parental advisories, in which I’ve dominated the field and...
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Take This Under Advisement, Jerkweed! – Vol. 10
Many people don’t like giving advice, but not me. I don’t like giving directions (the only person who has a worse sense of direction than me is Mr. Magoo) but I love giving advice. Especially when it’s...
View ArticleExtreme Parenting
Parenting is a nonstop merry-go-round of comparison, guilt and judgment. We feel guilty when we screw up. We judge other parents when they screw up. We endlessly compare ourselves to those same...
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Is it Right to Judge
I hate judgment, especially when it comes to parenting. It’s presumptuous and self-righteous and, worst of all, it only serves to obscure – if not outright obliterate – the empathy that should be both...
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It’s Okay to Hate Your Baby
Not to state the obvious, but becoming a parent is kind of a big deal. One day you don’t have a kid and the next day you do and your life won’t ever be the same. It’s quite an adjustment. Even with...
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Why Don’t Dads Read About Parenting?
When I look at my readership demographics, both for my blog and my Facebook page, the numbers are dominated by women. Seriously, it’s something like 90%/10%. This is obviously due in large part to my...
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Take This Under Advisement, Jerkweed! – Volume 11
Has it really been six months since I last bestowed my parenting wisdom on you people? Shameful. For some reason, you haven’t been asking me many questions. Maybe I’ve answered them all in my regular...
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The Guide to Hungover Parenting
Last night, we had our neighbors over for a few drinks. Somewhere between my third and fourth beer, I forgot that I have a kid and a job and am thirty-eight, so I had three or four more beers. Now I...
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How to Be a Funny Parent on Twitter
There are thousands of hilarious parents on Twitter. Of all stripes. Many of them are featured in the Big Book of Parenting Tweets, and I am flattered to have been selected alongside so many funny moms...
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Take This Under Advisement, Jerkweed! – Volume 12
Nobody wants my advice much these days. even though a highly respected and totally anonymous website I’ve never heard of just called me a cross between Louis C.K. and Homer Simpson, which may or may...
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What Would You Do Differently?
I spend a lot of time railing against the idea of parenting “experts”. But everyone needs some advice once in a while. Pretty soon, I’m going to have a new child upon whom all my hopes and dreams will...
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Common Parenting Mistakes
The other day, I ran across an article on Babble entitled, The 20 Most Common Parenting Mistakes, According to a Family Psychologist. I can’t afford a family psychologist, so I checked it out in the...
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