Mack wanted to like When We Were Boys, a documentary that debuted recently at Toronto's "Hot Docs" ...Read more

Please imagine a throbbing beat and twirling disco ball when I say: "The boys are back." Mack ...Read more

Last Friday, Mack's mother, aka "Nana" (etymologically kind of a cross between Grandma and nanny, ...Read more

Between the dog owners in my neighbourhood, if you see someone just walking around by themselves, ...Read more

Today was "cross-dressing day" at my oldest son's (age 12) school. Wasn't quite sure, as a father, ...Read more

So Mack's cheering his kid on at the intramural soccer game: "Go, kid, yeah!" When he came off the ...Read more

A long time ago, when my oldest kid, Nick, was a baby (he's a "tween" now and as I write this is ...Read more

Pop quiz, my bloggies: What, at least according to a longitudinal study conducted at the ...Read more

In my last post I talked about how hard it is to get kids motivated to do work, and how the new ...Read more

The evidence, both actual and anecdotal, started as a trickle, lately has seemed like a flood. I ...Read more

Mack and Ms. Daddy are doing a "cleanse." I've done it once before. Ms. Daddy never has. You get a ...Read more