Dad's House

Single Parent Dating
& Parenting Teens


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 [...]

Found Money – Karmic Law

Posted on August 13th, 2009 | 24 comments

My daughter and I were walking through town when I noticed a rolled up wad of paper on the ground. Looking more closely, I saw the corner of a twenty dollar bill poking out.
“Hey, there’s money,” I said to my daughter. “Pick it up.”
She sidestepped the roll and peered at it like it was dog [...]

Raising Girls is Easy

Posted on May 29th, 2009 | 20 comments

Who is easier to raise? Boys or girls?
I grew up in a house full of boys, and let me tell you – we were a handful.
Fastfoward to me being a father to a teen daughter and son, and wouldn’t you know -
It’s been far easier raising a girl.
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Pet Owner in Training

Posted on April 7th, 2009 | 28 comments

My son brought home some guppies from school last spring. Eight small, gray, ugly fish. Nothing to write home (or even blog) about.
He’d been harping on me for ages to get him a dog, something I refused to do. I knew from having my own dog when I was a little boy that the parent [...]

Breastfeeding Your Man and Blind Date Sex – While Kids are in the Next Room

Posted on March 11th, 2009 | 57 comments

Sorry. I couldn’t make the post title shorter if I tried. Some single moms are blogging about sexy blind date hookups, with eyebrow-raising twists. I guess it’s all in the name of single moms can be sexual creatures, too! Hey, I agree with that. Lord knows, I’ve had sex with a few single mothers. And [...]

Miley Cyrus Slant-Eye Photo in Bad Taste

Posted on February 6th, 2009 | 25 comments

Just when I thought my Miley Cyrus infatuation was over and done with, Miley goes and does something news-catchingly sketchy again. First the topless Miley Cyrus photos in Vanity Fair. Then Miley’s older boyfriend Justin Gaston. This time? She posed in a casual setting with friends, making a slant-eye face.
Why does a photo of Miley [...]

Laptops are a Godsend to Two-Home Families

Posted on October 6th, 2008 | 17 comments

Communication is the key to successful co-parenting, and my ex-wife and I email each other daily about our children’s school assignments and extracurricular activities. Email diffuses disagreements and brings a business-like focus to our discussions.
Our high-school-age daughter has her own laptop, an essential tool for living in two homes. Ongoing projects are always with her. [...]