No parent has any earthly idea what they are doing Finally, something realistic. Photo by Daniel Cheung on Unsplash Post date August 14, 2023 Tags family, humor, parenting, personal essay
Embrace the absurdity of learning new things My daughter drew this re-enactment of my son and I volleying a tennis ball Post date July 7, 2023 Tags family, inspiration, life, life lessons, self improvement
Don’t be that parent at a youth sporting event. Soccer. Hal Gatewood. Unsplash Post date September 16, 2022 Tags parenting, youth sports
Pop culture lies I tell my kids: U Can’t Touch This Post date May 26, 2022 Tags louvre, mc hammer, mona lisa, pop culture, u can't touch this
Sketch off! Sketch off! Can you guess who's who? Post date January 20, 2022 Tags artwork, drawing, sketching
My kids didn’t think I could still dunk. I had to prove them wrong. Post date July 28, 2020 Tags basketball, dad dunking a basketball
Dear kids, stop calling my shorts “a bathing suit” Post date June 25, 2020 Tags bathing suit, parenting, parenting poems, poem, poems you can relate to, shorts
When my kids start talking to me about Minecraft Minecraft. Photo by Nina PhotoLab on Unsplash Post date June 24, 2020 Tags poem
The Banana Heads: A graphic novel Post date June 13, 2020 Tags banana heads, captain underpants, comics, dav pilkey, graphic novel, kid books
Coaching advice from your new soccer coach who knows nothing about soccer but has seen the original Karate Kid more than a dozen times. Sweep the leg, Johnny! Post date March 30, 2019
A Peaceful Walk Down By the Water; Or, A Fish Hook to the Groin Photo: “Fishing Lure.” Ilkka Jukarainen. Licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0 Post date December 19, 2018 Tags fish hook, parenting
Mikey, the Ninja Turkey: A Thanksgiving Tale, As Told By My Five Year Old Son "Thanksgiving Turkey," by Peter Lloyd on Unsplash Post date November 15, 2018 Tags children, children’s story, daniel larusso, freedom, jeffrey pillow, karate kid, mr. miyagi, ninja turkey, parenting, steve mcqueen, thanksgiving, thanksgiving story, the great escape, turkey
Ready or Not, Here I Come Photo: moarplease. "Chuck Norris Stencil." Licensed under CC BY 2.0 Post date April 17, 2017 Tags birth, birthday, chuck norris, labor and delivery, parenting, pregnancy humor
Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: A Brief Book Review Post date February 23, 2017 Tags book review, jeffrey pillow, laura markham, parenting, peaceful parent happy kid
I Miss Your Speech Impediment Photo: Jeffrey Pillow. "Speech Homework." Licensed under CC-BY-SA Post date February 1, 2017 Tags ear infection, letters, letters to my children, love letter, parenting, speech impediment, speech therapy
Stuff My Three Year Old Son Said Today: Volume 2 (A Halloween Special) Stuff my three year old son said today Post date October 30, 2016 Tags ghostbusters, halloween, jeffrey pillow, kids say the darndest things, parenting, skeleton penis, something strange in the neighborhood
Stuff My Three Year Old Son Said Today: Volume 1 Stuff my three year old son said today Post date September 16, 2016 Tags dragons, kids say the darndest things, nacho libre, parenting