The first thing that my two-year-old son Edward did yesterday was to make a decision. There’s no way he could have been so naughty and so destructive just by chance. No, he had to have been working hard at it intentionally. As soon as his sister left for school he immediately went upstairs into her […]
Category Archives: Bad Parenting
How to Survive a 9 Hour Car Trip With Children
Do you know what I used to hate? Cars with DVD players in them. I thought, what terrible parents would let their kids watch TV and/or movies on car trips, thus melting their brains and making them boring and stupid? What a loss to culture and society if the next generation of children does not […]
How To Get Children To Stop Doing Something
If you are around children for any good quantity of time, you will know that there are times when you would give just about anything to make those children stop doing whatever it is that they are doing. Perhaps they are make high-pitched screeching noises directly into your ear canal, or maybe they are repeatedly […]
What Happened To Saturday Mornings?
As the parent of two young children, the thing that is most prominently on my mind at all times is: “How can I get more sleep?” Now that Ruby is in kindergarten, there are not many days left for sleeping in, especially for my poor wife who has to get up for work five days […]
What My Two-Year-Old Stole From Victoria’s Secret
We had a pretty busy day at the Tenor Dad household yesterday. Ruby had her school pictures and, because this is 1978, we will know what they look like in just a few short weeks or months. But it was not only school picture day! It was also the day that we had to take […]
If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Scare the Crap Out of ‘Em
So the loft bed thing didn’t work. For those of you who have been following along, you will know that my 2-year-old son Edward does not want to stay in his bed at night. Not when we put him to bed, not at 3 AM, and not at 5 AM or 6 AM either. It […]
Reaping the Whirlwind
Edward has decided that sleeping is no good. I mean, it’s okay for other people, it’s just not for him. Scratch that. It is not okay for other people either. At least not people in his house. Whereas he used to be a fabulous sleeper, for the past few weeks (or has it been months? […]
Family Camping Trip: A Disaster in Three Parts
DISASTER ONELast year we borrowed my mother’s tent and took the family camping for a night, and Ruby loved it so much that she spent an entire year asking when we could go again. Well, this summer we went again, and now that I have recovered from the trauma, I can finally discuss it. It […]
How to Spend a Day at the Fair With Your Kids For Only $12
Do you know why I don’t like going to the fair? It’s not because it isn’t fun; it’s just not hundreds of dollars worth of fun. But somehow I managed to take the kids to the fair for 3-4 hours, ride rides, eat treats, and get out the gate for only $12, and I am […]
A Well Rounded Child
Sometimes I worry that my children are going to be too much like me. I mean, of course they are going to be somewhat like me, but really what I hope is that they can take all the best parts of me, plus the best parts of everyone else on the planet, and become some […]