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I'm a busy dad. I'm not an enlightened new age parent, not a "Mr. Mom" and most definitely not in touch with my feminine side. Just a father of a 5-year-old son, trying my best to balance work life with

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Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting (Other) Lessons to learn from children: 4 of 38

Lessons My Son Has Taught Me Nothing like having a kid in the house to recalibrate your perspective on things 1. Dessert is so much sweeter when you have to earn it by eating all your broccoli. 2. If your favorite song is playing, finish it before getting out of the car. 3. Damn the consequences, getting wet is fun. 4. A goo...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting (Other) Fun moments with children: 2 of 13

The Best Gadget You Never Needed Having mostly single guy friends has its ups and downs. The downside is the notable increase in your use of the term "vicariously." The upside is that your kid gets some really interesting gifts (a shoeshine box it's like your very own entrepreneur starter kit!). On his 4th birthday, one of m...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting (Other) Who said parenting was easy?: 10 of 38

Respeqt my Intelleqt, Qid! My son outsmarts me. More than I'd like to admit. Granted, I'm not the most worthy battle-of-wits opponent among my peers, but I've got 30 years on this kid! Not only is his logic sound, but his timing is impeccable. When Marcus strikes, it leaves this dad with no suitable recourse but to grumble i...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Toddlers Music and your toddler: 4 of 7

The Musical Misery Tour Like every other Asian kid growing up in America, I was subjected to piano lessons from the age of 4 (I blame Mozart. Who composes their first symphony by the age of 5? It's an impossible benchmark, yet every Asian parent feels obligated to surpass it. It's in our cultural DNA). Most of my memories of...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Child Discipline Strategies How to quickly diffuse a temper tantrum: 14 of 20

Guerrilla Counter-Whining Tactics Let's get my disclaimer out of the way first. Whenever possible, I follow the accepted protocols of parenting. To borrow a term from the search engine optimization world, I do my best to keep it whitehat. Above the belt. Geneva Convention. But as every dad knows, these adversaries we call ou...