What makes this one worse is that the little guy doesn’t even know the song. He only knows the first line, and that’s only because he heard me singing it.

After a year of working on it, I think we may finally be adding a new tradition to our family. Well, new to the kids, at any rate.

You’d think that cross country would be harder for the child that has to run the full mile instead of the half. Turns out that’s not always the case.

Exactly what do you think of when you see a giant mound of red dirt? The answer will tell you exactly how old you are.

When bad parenting looks like good parenting and good parenting seems absolutely pointless, what’s a dad to do?

Have you ever found yourself telling someone something that you absolutely knew was true, only to realize that your source for the information was more than a little suspect?

Any bedtime song can get the kids sleeping, but it takes a really special one to get them dancing.

Exactly what activities qualify as a “father-son” thing? I’m not really sure, but I suspect this is not one of them.

Pick the toughest neighborhood in your town and imagine yourself walking through it after dark, with your eight-year old. That’s where this story starts. Where it ends is some place altogether different.

This wasn’t exactly the end of my parenting rope, but it was kind of close.