I sincerely hope that the following statement isn’t offensive to single parents, but my hand to the Lord, I honestly don’t see how it can be done. Obviously, it happens everyday. Single parents everywhere raise beautiful children without a lot of the drama commonly associated with this family dynamic. But between the sleepless nights, evolving [...]
Next time you consider how difficult your marriage is, how little time you have to share and how it is filled with arguments and animosity, remember you aren’t alone. Barack and Michelle Obama went through the same thing.
…well, maybe the situation isn’t quite so bleak, but there is new perspective about parenting that got me thinking as a new dad, and should catch your fancy as well. How do parents unwittingly encourage kids to lie? AM: A lot of the time, you as a parent already know that your kid has done [...]
Just two weeks left until the projected birth day for our child. And the way my wife is feeling, I don’t think we’ll make it that long. In the months leading up to this point, most of the conversation between my wife and I has been about preparation. How are we going to appoint the [...]
I’ve had a bunch of names over the course of my life other than Jarrett Carter. For a while, I went heavily by ‘son,’ ‘brother’ and ‘cousin.’ But as I moved up in age, the time around my immediate family became less frequent and the names became a little more distant. ‘Baby’ and ‘sweetheart’ became [...]
I wish I had the definitive answer to this question, but considering how much time I have spent fearing writing another post on this blog, I think that I’ve arrived at the closest I’ll get to the definitive answer. A baby is a living testament of love and commitment, not the ugly thing the Maury [...]
As my wife and I prepare for the arrival of our child, the premature-yet-recurring thoughts I have is if I will be a corporal disciplinarian. We talked about this well in advance; my wife is definitely not a proponent of our first child getting broke off with a beating. Now, you have to step lightly [...]
Everybody has these little nuances in their relationship where spouses try to establish their role. These are the tiny battles that my wife and I have, that sometimes, I get away with. Notice the italics on sometimes. It must be made clear that I do not always emerge as champion on these issues. Who holds [...]
A lot of people look at a marriage and consider it to be one continuous episode of ego management and partnership. Not so. I’m starting to realize that marriage is little more than a series of moments shared by two people, charged with negotiating their intelligence and emotions to make those moments meaningful for each [...]
Here’s a good article on CNN.com about how to preserve your marriage while grinding out parenthood. Oh, don’t mind me; I’ll be over here in the corner cowering and praying for the next two months.
