Our local junior college has an astronomy class with a reputation for being very good. The school has a decent-sized telescope, and the instructor co-wrote the textbook they use. He’s not quite Carl Sagan (“billions and billions of stars in the universe…”), but might be close. People of all ages flock to his class.
With my [...]
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 [...]
My teen son plays trumpet in his middle school band. Last year, the band played popular music like the theme from Harry Potter, and Viva la Vida by Coldplay.
This year? They’ve gone classical, at least for the fall.
“We’re playing some Hungarian thing,” my son said.
“Hungarian Dance Number Five?” I asked.
“I think so.”
“That’s famous!”
My dad played [...]
Imagine you’re divorced with 50-50 custody during the week. For custody on holidays and long weekends, the kids go with one parent or the other. So if your ex got the kids for Memorial Day weekend this year, you get the kids for Labor Day weekend. It might not be a perfect approach, but it [...]
My thirteen-year-old son woke up tired the other morning. Really tired, like it took an army of elephants to drag him out of bed. He could barely hold himself up over his Cheerios and Ovaltine hot cocoa.
“I’m really tired,” he said. (As if I hadn’t clued in to that fact.)
“Did you get enough sleep?” I [...]
Ever have a senior moment?
You know the type – you wonder where your glasses are, only to discover they’re sitting on top of your head?
Well, I’ve got a senior moment beef to pick with my kids. And what better place to do that than over at the Silicon Valley Moms blog.
Use your walker and inch [...]
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, CBS radio, CNN.com, and McClatchy News syndication
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