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 [...]
I hate shopping. Don’t get me wrong, I’m fine getting groceries or stocking up on booze. But going to the mall simply isn’t in my DNA. Shopping therapy is an oxymoron to me.
When it came to holiday shopping, my kids bailed me out by going with me. Still, at some point I needed to pick [...]
My teen daughter is a damn quick texter.
How quick?
Let’s just say she makes me feel like a texting dinosaur.
Head over to the Hot Dads Blog and see how my daughter kicks my ass in an impromptu, unscripted, text message competition.
Texting Derby
(If that preprogrammed link doesn’t work, head straight to Hot Dads Blog.)
I dare you to [...]
Each year Santa fills my kids’ stockings with little toys and edible treats (same as he does for every other kid.) But this year he left one thing that was decidedly different – a bottle of still water from Norway.
Voss.
(For those not in the know, Voss is super expensive water they serve up in Beverly [...]
My holiday divorce custody schedule is such this year that my kids would be with their mom from this past weekend up until Christmas Eve. Which meant I basically had one chance to take them out shopping for gifts – a three hour window last night. (Yeah, yeah. We could have shopped plenty in the [...]
The computers in my house are getting some serious action these days. Between my daughter writing college application essays to the schools of her dreams, and me working overtime to meet some serious pre-holiday deadlines, no keyboard in the house is getting a rest.
So when my teen son was pounding away at my laptop the [...]
The other morning I went into my teen daughter’s room at 6am, a human alarm clock waking her up for school. Only this day was different, special.
“It’s snowing,” I said.
What a magical thing for a parent to say to their kid! A snow day meant sledding and snow angels, snowball fights and snow men. And [...]
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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