Dad’s House

Dating & Parenting by a Single Dad

That Boy Has Chops

Posted on December 9th, 2008 | 9 comments

My son is quite the trumpet player – he’s a first trumpet in his middle school band!
Part of the reason I’m crowing is because I taught him a bit of what he knows. You see, back in the day, I was a trumpet player. And back in the day before that, my dad was a [...]

Miley Cyrus Nude Photos Not a Mistake

Posted on December 3rd, 2008 | 16 comments

News flash from Scotland – Miley Cyrus changed her mind about those nude Vanity Fair photos taken by acclaimed photographer Annie Leibovitz. Rather than saying it was a mistake for a fifteen year-old to be shot naked in satin sheets with a just had sex sort of look about her, she now says: “Everyone outside [...]

Flip Video Mino Flippin’ ROCKS

Posted on November 25th, 2008 | 16 comments

Flip Video Mino
Available at Amazon
When my son turned twelve, he begged for an iPod nano. The only problem – he wasn’t that into music! He asked for it mainly because his older sister and some of his friends each had one. So, I made an executive decision of the parental kind, and got him something [...]

The ‘Fun Parent’ in Divorce

Posted on November 12th, 2008 | 26 comments

Imagine, like one of my readers, your kids are with you for the weekend. They want to hang out with friends, but you ask them to do their chores first. One vacuums and dusts, the other swiffers and mops, they both tidy up their rooms and make their beds. (For some reason, you the parent [...]

Loose Girl

Posted on October 29th, 2008 | 14 comments

As a single dad with a teenage daughter, I like to stay informed on modern dating trends, including hookups and casual sex. After all, I’m out there dating and relating, and my daughter is, too. So I was eager to check out a recent title, Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity, by Kerry Cohen.
Let me [...]

Secrets to Single Parent Success

Posted on October 27th, 2008 | 24 comments

I’m often asked how I manage to take care of my kids and run a household solo without imploding. I admit, working from home takes a strain off of things. I can do laundry and dishes while getting my work done. But the real secret to my single parent success has to do with what [...]

Wanna Wrestle? (This is Not a Dirty Text!)

Posted on October 24th, 2008 | 19 comments

Wanna wrestle?
If that had been a sexy dirty text from an ex-girlfriend, I might have said yes. But today, it’s a question for my son and his junior high wrestling team. They had their first match yesterday, and I must say, it’s an interesting sport.
Until someone gets hurt.
I had never been to a wrestling match. [...]