(originally posted at domestic father)
Why am I the person to be writing this story?
I’m not.
I am not a doctor. I am not a scientist. I am not a child psychologist. I have absolutely no qualifications as a childcare professional.
This story is not my story.
I am still a skeptic, but that is not all that I [...]
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As I said in my last post, skepticism is a tool, one of many we can use as parents. I have found it to be one of the more valuable tools, but it remains just a tool.
We can use it to evaluate claims made to us, the claims we parents hear on a daily basis. [...]
A couple of weeks after my conversation with Diane from The Story Spot, I received an email from Nancy McDermott. Nancy is a fellow parent and fellow New Yorker, and had recently written an article for spiked.com called “Parenting: it’s not rocket science.” She thought I might find it interesting. More than interesting, I found [...]
“Maybe it’s your own insecurities.”
Words from the story consultant, they were an epiphany to me. She suggested my insecurities might have stemmed from being a new parent, but I knew they ran deeper.
“Do you really think that’s a good idea? It’s kind of a career-killer, isn’t it?”
Words from a well-meaning neighbor, when I told him [...]
A few weeks before we left for England, I started playing around with Twitter. I poked around, looking for people to follow: skeptics, writers, at-home parents, and generally people who would amuse me. On any given day, I might add 5 or 6 people to my “following” list, so when I received the following Direct [...]
As I mentioned in a previous post, we stayed with our friends Simon and Simone when we were in England. Simon is an MD and scientist, and, as such, is a professional skeptic. Talking with him about some of these subjects is a bit daunting, as he also has two children, and therefore has been [...]
“And why, exactly, are nitrates bad?”
This question, from our friend Simon, made me realize I had accepted the word of an authority figure without question. I had no idea why an elevated level of nitrates in CJ’s food was bad, but her pediatrician said it was so, and I accepted that.
Nitrates, I knew, are a [...]
(cross-posted at domestic father)
While we were in England, we stayed with some friends in Oxford. Simon and Simone (not their real names) have put us up in their lovely home every Thanksgiving for the past few years. Air travel within the US during that week is something we try to avoid, but extending the long [...]
(cross-posted at domestic father)
Sally, CJ, and I recently spent some time in England. While there, we wanted to look at some strollers. The dollar was strong, and CJ is quickly out-growing her current MacLaren-Graco hybrid. Apparently, there are a few European models that Sally thought would work well, and we might be able to get [...]
I have started a new website, only a blog for now. Below is what I posted over at Domestic Father yesterday.
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I quit my job today.
It was a good job; 6-figure salary, decent benefits, understanding boss, normal hours, co-workers I was friendly with, room for growth, basically everything you could want in a job and a [...]
