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Patrick A. Coleman
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Kids, Quarantine, Work, Coronavirus… I Don’t Think I Can Do This.
A dad who is trapped at home and slowly seeing his sanity slip away asks for help.
Ask the Goodfather
Cookie Monster Gives a Fork
Sesame Street plans to create Covid-19 specific content and maybe get the show's most famous gourmand some utensils.
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My Germ-Infested Preschool Is Going to Give My Kid The Coronavirus. What Should I Do?
A dad worried about the coronavirus finds their preschool's cleanliness suddenly lacking.
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I’m Not Into Displays of Emotion And I’m Sick of My Wife Demanding I Try.
A dad who is not a hugs and kisses type is being asked to show a bit more affection by his wife. Should he give in, or stand his ground?
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We’re Staying Together For the Kid. Is This Going to Screw Them Up?
A dad asks whether staying together for the kid is the right thing to do — or an act that isn't actually good for their kid after all.
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The Cry It Out Method Is Brutal But My Wife Sleeps Through It. What the Hell Is Wrong With Her?
A dad, struggling with the cry it out method as his wife sleeps through the screams, wonders if there's something wrong with him — or her.
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I Want to Build My Kids a Treehouse for My Kids. My Wife Says Its Too Dangerous. This Coddling Pisses Me Off.
A dad is sick and tired of the coddling his kids are receiving, but doesn't know how to stand up to his wife.
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I Think My Creepshow Toddler Might Kill Me in My Sleep. Am I Overreacting?
A dad's four-year-old is creeping him out with talks of stabbing, bad men, and violence. How concerned should he be?
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I Worry My Toddler Has Autism. No One Believes Me.
A dad who sees troubling signs with his son can't get anyone — not even his pediatrician — to listen to him.
Father & Child Relationships
My Toddler Lives for Attention, So I Give It to Him. Am I Going to Raise a Narcissist?
A dad asks whether smothering his two-year-old with attention — so much attention — will turn them into a self-obsessed adult.
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The 10 Best Parenting Books of the Decade
The best parenting books aren't about how to change your kids but about how to change yourself and the world.
Books
My Wife Suddenly Hates Christmas and I Can’t Deal With It.
A father asks how to get his wife, the Grinch, into the holiday spirit
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The 8 Biggest Events that Defined Parenting in the Last Decade
From criminal snowplow parents to embattled free-range parents, these are the people and events that defied what it was like to be a parenting in the 2010s.
Parenting
Impeachment Can Teach Your Kid Why Feelings Aren't Facts
In the wise words of Mister Rogers: Feelings aren't facts.
Love & Money
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