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New Year’s Eve: The Weirdest Holiday We All Pretend We Understand
Another Year Older, Slightly Wiser, Still Wingin’ It
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How to Prepare Yourself for Christmas Day
A Dad’s Guide to Batteries, Instructions, and Surviving the Toy Rotation Olympics
Dec 26, 2025
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Christmas Eve: The Dad Shift No One Sees
Estimated assembly time: lies.
Dec 20, 2025
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Heart and Heartache: When Your Teen Leaves Home Before You’re Ready
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Top 5 Things My Kids Have Said That Absolutely Wrecked Me
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Top 5 Thanksgiving Parenting Moments (and How to Survive Them Without Crying in the Garage)
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Top 5 Things My Toddler Thinks Are Theirs (That Absolutely Are Not)
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