A couple months ago, we talked about the sad case of Alfie Patten, the British 13-year-old who was thought to have fathered a daughter, Maisie, with his 15-year-old girlfriend. More recently, we’ve talked about Daniel Hauser, the 13-year-old Minnesota boy who’s been court-ordered to undergo
In honor of our May Blogathon, today is officially Blog Post Exhange Day. I’m blogging on Blog Salad today, while freelance writer and father-of-girls Ron Doyle is blogging over here. Check it out. I think you’ll like it! Yes, I live in a house full
Andrea, Denise and more are right: I’m not a horrible Mom for letting my three-year-old ride his bike to Ben Franklin yesterday. Listen to Andrea: “We all need to rethink “bad” mommy. You listened to what your child felt ready to do, that is not
The boys asked today if we could go to Ben Franklin, a variety store/mini-Walmart place about half a mile from our house. Since I had time and since they asked, I said yes. And since it’s such a beautiful day (pushing 70 and sunny!), I
Does having brothers prepare you for having boys? Most of our readers (44%) said yes. Of course, 22% said no and another 22% said they don’t have brothers, so it’s not exactly an overwhelming conclusion. I grew up with 4 brothers (and 1 sister). So
A judge in Minnesota just ruled that a 13-year-old boy must undergo chemotherapy. The boy, who has Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and his parents have been refusing chemotherapy on the grounds that it conflicts with their religious beliefs. According to one article, though, the boy did have
…your three-year-old comes in from outside and says, “Worms in my hood.” You walk over, briefly peruse said hood and reassure him: “Honey, there’s no worms in your hood.” But having been a Mom of boys for many years, a niggling feeling causes you to
Fellow blogathoner Jackie Dishner has a great post today, Partner with Others. “If you’re having a difficult time moving forward,” she writes, “sometimes it’s helpful to partner with others.” Her words are as true for us as parents of boys as they are for her
Max Elliot Anderson writes books for boys and hosts Books for Boys, a blog that’s all about encouraging boys to read. His seven published books include Newspaper Caper, Terror At Wolf Lake, North Woods Poachers, Mountain Cabin Mystery, Big Rig Rustlers, The Secret of Abbott’s
I don’t know about you, but my boys love science. It could be because they have a former nurse for a mother and an engineer for a father — I guess we both show a natural inclination to the sciences — but I think it’s
I don’t know about you, but my boys love science. It could be because they have a former nurse for a mother and an engineer for a father — I guess we both show a natural inclination to the sciences — but I think it’s
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