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Single Parent Dating
& Parenting Teens


Proud Parent

Posted on May 13th, 2009 | 14 comments

My teen daughter’s high school track regular season just ended. The team did great. My daughter did great. So of course, like a good proud parent, I engaged in some healthy bragging to my parents, brothers, and sisters-in-law. (I do the same for my son.)
Don’t worry, I had no righteous “my kid is better than [...]

Track Season is for Lovers

Posted on March 18th, 2009 | 5 comments

Ah, Spring! Sunny skies, warmer weather, women showing a hint of bare shoulder, kids smelling like sunscreen again.
Come spring, my teen daughter trades her soccer cleats for spikes as a sprinter on her high school track team.
As the consummate soccer dad, how do I cope?
Run on over to the Silicon Valley Moms Blog and find [...]

My Teen Daughter is Dating

Posted on February 3rd, 2009 | 31 comments

My teen daughter recently told me she has a boyfriend. Hooray for her! She’s sixteen, so this is a normal and healthy part of growing up for her, and an inevitable milestone for me as her dad.
She told me a bit about him – smart, athletic, etc. (And close to her age – unlike Miley [...]

Miley Cyrus Boyfriend Justin Gaston Too Old? Nah…

Posted on September 24th, 2008 | 36 comments

Miley Cyrus has a boyfriend: underwear model Justin Gaston. She’s fifteen, he’s twenty, and the tabloids are all a twitter. Her dad, Billy Ray Cyrus, not only approves of the match, he introduced the two. (I assume Billy Ray wasn’t paid off by some agent to arrange this Justin Gaston match.)
Is she growing up too [...]

Beach Date Pickup

Posted on July 23rd, 2008 | 17 comments

My kids and I were enjoying a glorious day at a San Diego beach. I was reading, they were boogie boarding, the sun was shining, I felt complete and content. When my son came over and asked if I wanted to go in the water, I said “sure.” I love body surfing with my kids, [...]