Patrick A. Coleman, Author at Fatherly

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Patrick A. Coleman

Let's Ban Smartphones in Public Schools (Like the French)

By Patrick A. Coleman

Father & Child Relationships

What We Talk About When We Talk About Ass Whooping

By Patrick A. Coleman

The Best Folic Acid Foods For Your Pregnant Partner

By Patrick A. Coleman

'My Side of the Mountain' Holds Up

By Patrick A. Coleman

My Family Is Now the Typical American Family of Four. And It Sucks.

By Patrick A. Coleman

Your Wife's Vibrator is Just Another Power Tool

By Patrick A. Coleman

More From Patrick A. Coleman

Closing the Household Chore Wage Gap Research suggests that the girls are paid less to do chores than boys. Here's a clean solution: Don't pay kids to do household work.

The 6 Harsh Truths About Children and Masturbation Parents Need to Face Children will touch themselves. Self exploration and even masturbation is a normal part of growing up. The only thing parents should control is their reaction to it.

Hanging With America's Chillest Multi-Millionaire Sex Symbol Mom She might be a famous actress and the founder of a billion-dollar company, but Jessica Alba is still up to her elbows in baby shit.

How to Optimize a Baby Nursery for Sleep Successful baby sleep training starts with smart nursery design. The 3 keys are darkness (no screens), white noise, and temperatures from 60-70 degrees.

Health & Science

Good Riddance to Alex Jones, a Danger to Children Everywhere Child psychologists say that conspiracy theories filtrated through parents can cause kids to experience fear, anxiety and possibly catastrophic paranoia.

These Incredible Hiking Pants Are Perfectly Engineered For Dad-Life They're tough, spill-resistant, and comfortable as hell. Did I mention they're comfortable, too? Because oh baby are they.

There Are No 'Loud Kids' This week, Fatherly's resident parenting expert talks about why make up sex is a bad idea, how to keep a 5-year-old quiet and why you might want to avoid that baby powder.

How to Wake Up a Sleepy Kid Parents don't need a special wake up alarm to make kids bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, but they may have to become a morning person themselves.

I Tried Keeping a Parenting Diary and Realized I Might Be a Bad Father Keeping a parenting diary for a week is a great way to get insight into parenting techniques. But you might not always like what you see.

Parenting Strategies

Pope Francis Makes Raising Catholic Kids Much Easier There is a consistency and clarity to the Pope's doctrine that children can understand and embrace.

Read the Same Book As Your Wife Reading the same book simultaneously with your wife provides a huge opportunity for rich conversation and serious bonding.

Parenting Buzzwords Are Dumb and Dangerous Whether it’s Dadbod, or Momtrepreneur, parenting neologisms and buzzwords silo parents and show kids that words don’t mean anything so why even try and use them.

Paul Manafort, Michael Cohen and the Friendless Men of the Trump White House Politics aside, the current administration offers an example of what’s wrong with American men: the inability to develop real and lasting relationships.

Baby Teething: From Teething Charts to Teething Symptoms Baby teething doesn't have to be mysterious. Parents can cut through misinformation by finding a pediatric dentist at the first baby teething symptoms.

Yeah, This Dad Offering ‘Free Ass Whoopins' to Kids Is a Real Dick Not only is he wrong about corporal punishment, but he’s also a spoiled asshole.

Why Every Parent Should See the Documentary 'Far From the Tree' IFC Films brings author Andrew Solomon’s book about parents raising wildly different from themselves to the big screen and the results are staggeringly profound.

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