My thirteen-year-old son and I got a weekend to ourselves when my daughter and her mom took a short trip together. Father-son time like that doesn’t happen nearly enough for a divorced single dad like me, just as the mother-daughter time is precious for my ex. Usually, if I have the kids, I have them [...]
My teen son asked me the other day if he could workout at the YMCA with his friend. They’re both eighth graders and they wanted to start lifting weights. His friend had a guest pass to loan.
“Sure,” I said. After all, I had started lifting weights in seventh grade. My son’s school doesn’t have a [...]
My teen daughter is applying to colleges right now.
That means she’s writing tons of college application essays.
I feel for her!
So much so, I decided to write a college application essay of my own, as if I were applying to university, too.
Head over to the Hot Dads Blog for a funny take on the college application [...]
My thirteen-year-old son is playing soccer this fall, and let’s just say it’s been an eye opener for me. I know from watching Italian Serie A, as well as my daughter’s high school varsity team, that soccer is a contact sport. There’s plenty of body to body contact when going for headers or protecting the [...]
Saturday was school beautification day, so my civic-minded son and his friend volunteered their afternoon weeding weeds and planting plants at their middle school.
Oh, and driving a golf cart.
Turns out most of the volunteers at the school beautification day were adults, so the handful of teens who showed up were given special treatment. (Not to [...]
Miley Cyrus did a pole dance during a performance at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards in early August. Picture the 16-year-old singer on top of an ice cream cart (I’m not making this up), hanging onto a pole, grinding away like a stripper in front of a live studio audience full of teens.
My reaction to [...]
My teen daughter went to her high school prom on Saturday night – her date was a good guy, they joined a big group for dinner, rode in a limo, had fun at the dance, enjoyed a sober post-party at someone’s house where the parents were home. She had fun.
Two things about the evening stood [...]
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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notasoccermom: A lot of these are new to me as well. the hike sounds quite interesting.. Wish I had time to read... notasoccermom: I had a great laugh at this one, I remember my cheap dad trying to get us to lie well after we...
mama llama: What a great time, Dads. Made me smile! My eldest monkey, at 8, already complains a lot about the two of...
ilinap: Sounds like a great weekend. I’m betting my sons will be bigger than me by the time they’re 8....
Kelloggsville: its a really difficult juxtaposition when you want to ‘not tell the whole truth’ but know...
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Danielle: I wish I still wanted to be considered older! Glad he has the soul of a man! You are a good dad for...
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