My thirteen-year-old son woke up tired the other morning. Really tired, like it took an army of elephants to drag him out of bed. He could barely hold himself up over his Cheerios and Ovaltine hot cocoa.
“I’m really tired,” he said. (As if I hadn’t clued in to that fact.)
“Did you get enough sleep?” I [...]
My kids and I enjoy body surfing and boogie boarding at a favorite central California coast beach. Only problem, the water is usually too cold to stay in for long. My kids get around this by wearing shorty wetsuits (springsuits) that cover their bodies, thighs, and upper arms.
Great for them, but I wear boardshorts.
Annoyed that [...]
My teen daughter is already a grandma. How can this be?
No, she hasn’t given birth to any children, let alone have children give birth to any kids. (I gave her a father daughter sex talk at an early age. I’m pretty sure she won’t get pregnant on a drunken booty call anytime soon.)
She does have [...]
Are you planning a road trip this summer and need to find places to stay? I gotta tell you – Hotels.com rocks!
I just spent an evening booking rooms for a trip my daughter and I will take later this summer to tour east coast college campuses. I normally hate travel planning, but with Hotels.com I [...]
School’s out for the summer, and with my teen daughter now a high school senior, it’s time for her last round of college campus visits. She’s toured schools throughout California and on the Eastern seaboard. But despite living in the Bay Area, she never toured the UC Berkeley campus.
We fixed that last week. Can I [...]
When I was a kid growing up, I cherished TV nights I shared with my family. We’d cozy up on the couch and watch things like Monday Night Football or The Bionic Man.
My kids and I don’t have this tradition. Why not?
Head on over to the Silicon Valley Moms Blog where today’s Dad’s House post [...]
Michelle Obama recently gave a commencement address to the pioneer graduating class from UC Merced, urging the new graduates to give back to their community.
Seems some Silicon Valley residents may not have gotten that memo.
Are kids in our community learning bad habits, or teaching the adults a thing or two about giving back?
Dad’s House wanders [...]
David Mott is a divorced single father of a teen daughter and son offering stories, tips and opinions on single parenting, coparenting children, two-home families, cooking, cocktails, self awareness - and relationships formed in an age of online dating, text messaging, and booty calls.
David Mott has appeared on ABC News Now, CBS radio, CNN.com, and McClatchy News syndication
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