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 [...]
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!
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 [...]
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 [...]
Cool Parent points.
If you’re a parent, you know what those are.
You earn them when your kids don’t think you’re a nerd, geek, or life-ruining jerk.
i.e., you do something cool.
Seems a few parents in the parenting blogosphere have been scoring cool parent points lately, moi included.
Put on your sunglasses and look way cool as you head [...]
My teen daughter is a good girl. She gets good grades, participates in sports, helps around the house when I ask her (er… make that, she helps around the house when I give her gas money for her truck!)
So when one of the Hot Moms asked at the Hot Dads blog why it’s okay for [...]
It’s wrestling season in the middle school, and I watched a meet last night. My teen son quickly pinned his opponent. So fast, in fact, he looked up at the ref, wondering when the call would come. That one moment of lost focus was all it took for his opponent to waggle free – for [...]
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 video, CNN.com, CBS radio Los Angeles, Toronto Globe & Mail, McClatchy News syndication
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