Dad's House

Single Parent Dating
& Parenting Teens


College Application Essay Humor

Posted on November 9th, 2009 | 7 comments

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 [...]

Boys Soccer is a Contact Sport!

Posted on October 1st, 2009 | 20 comments

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 [...]

My Teen Son Wants a Golf Cart

Posted on September 21st, 2009 | 10 comments

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 Pole Dance – Britney Spears Wannabe?

Posted on September 1st, 2009 | 27 comments

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 [...]

Prom Night

Posted on May 18th, 2009 | 30 comments

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 [...]