I’m of course deeply saddened by the destruction in Oklahoma, but I find myself growing very angry at the same time, for reasons that will become clear shortly.
In the meantime, I figured maybe now is a good time to lighten the mood. And to that end, I present you with this, some of the coolest parents and parenting tips ever.
I love the get-along shirt. I saw it elsewhere online and have used it with great results on the 2 & 5 year old.
I can now mention the shirt and the girls’ behavior improves immediately.
I’ll have to make that “Try Me” t-shirt when my daughter is old enough to date.
The guy who dressed up every day to wave good-bye to his kid?
Utah.
Here’s the blog.
The dad who dresses up to wave at the bus is the kind of thing that would embarrass you as a child, but that remembering as an adult would be awesome. People rarely take that much time for stuff like that.
As you might expect with Buzzfeed, there were a few really awesome things thrown in with that collection of poor parenting skills. It’s almost as if for the Buzzfeed folks, there is no distinction at all between the ironic and non-ironic “really nailing this parenting thing”.
For to lighten moods: A conversation with a 7-foot canary
is probably one of them belgian canaries, no?
Now that was funny, McG. You ought to incorporate it in your next book, which, by the way, we’re still waiting for.
Still working on it. A lot’s been happening in the last (God has it really been) almost a year.