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Single Parent Dating
& Parenting Teens


Grey’s Anatomy – Okay For Teens?

Posted on February 3rd, 2010 | 21 comments

Ah, Grey’s Anatomy. That show women love so much.
My ex-wife watches it.
My female friends watch it.
My teen daughter’s girl friends watch it.
And my daughter watches it, too.
So when I finally saw Grey’s Anatomy for the very first time, I was shocked at how much casual sex and hooking up  went on. Is this what teens [...]

Parenting – Competitive or Cooperative?

Posted on January 27th, 2010 | 11 comments

Should parents compete with each other to ensure the best for their own kids?
Or work together to make a great community for all children?
I’ve been a parent in Silicon Valley for nearly 18 years, and it’s shocking to me how competitive some parents are.
Today, Dad’s House takes a look at competitve and cooperative parenting styles. [...]

Where Are My Teen Kids?

Posted on January 13th, 2010 | 8 comments

As a divorced dad, my kids are with me half of each week, plus every-other weekend.
This past weekend I had custody of them.
And I barely saw them.
Where did my teen kids go?
Head over to the Hot Dads Blog and enjoy some alone time as one parent asks:
Where Are My Teen Kids?
(If that preprogrammed link doesn’t [...]

Voss

Posted on December 28th, 2009 | 16 comments

Each year Santa fills my kids’ stockings with little toys and edible treats (same as he does for every other kid.) But this year he left one thing that was decidedly different – a bottle of still water from Norway.
Voss.
(For those not in the know, Voss is super expensive water they serve up in Beverly [...]

Holiday Power Shopping

Posted on December 23rd, 2009 | 18 comments

My holiday divorce custody schedule is such this year that my kids would be with their mom from this past weekend up until Christmas Eve. Which meant I basically had one chance to take them out shopping for gifts – a three hour window last night. (Yeah, yeah. We could have shopped plenty in the [...]

All Hail the Money Machine!

Posted on December 22nd, 2009 | 12 comments

All hail the money machine!
You know the one – you push some buttons and it spits out cash whenever you need it.
Perfect for holiday shopping. Or anytime, really!
Just watch out if you’re a parent who uses the money machine in front of your kids.
Take the Wells Fargo stage over to Silicon Valley Moms Blog (it’s [...]

Extreme Keyboarding

Posted on December 16th, 2009 | 24 comments

The computers in my house are getting some serious action these days. Between my daughter writing college application essays to the schools of her dreams, and me working overtime to meet some serious pre-holiday deadlines,  no keyboard in the house is getting a rest.
So when my teen son was pounding away at my laptop the [...]