Robert Dean

Life

I Was a 10-Year-Old Bully

Now that I'm a dad and an LGBTQ ally, I want to apologize.

Life

How My Anxiety Makes Being a Good Dad and Husband Hard

"I’d just come into the house after walking off an anxiety attack, stuck in a mental state somewhere between 'my heart is going to explode' and "should I walk straight into traffic?'"

Life

How I Learned to Embrace My Son’s Weird Obsession With Halloween

"When your 5-year-old is obsessed with skulls and grim reapers year round, it makes you second guess some of your parenting decisions."

Life

The Best Birthday Cake Idea for Kids? Pie.

Cake is nothing more than a drywall center covered in disgusting icing with crunchy sugar cancer flowers — a loathsome sponge with no soul.

Life

Stop Being Weird That My Son’s Best Friend Is a Girl

It is surprising — and a little gross — when other parents romanticize about my son's relationship with his best friend, who just happens to be a girl.