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Proceed at Your Own Risk: Advice for Expectant Fathers
If you’re a dad blogger it’s obligatory for you to write a post providing expectant fathers with advice garnered from your own experiences. Until now, I’ve shirked this formality, mainly to avoid any...
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The Reading Parent
For most of last year I served as the “Reading Parent” for my stepdaughter’s first grade class. One would think that, at its utterance, such an official-sounding title commanded the same instantaneous...
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Ode to a Soccer Mom
Disclaimer: This is NOT an indictment of all ‘Soccer Moms.” Just a particular one with whom I had dealings with this summer. You know the type. Dear Soccer Mom, I just wanted to tell you thanks for...
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About a Boy
Ron Mattocks recounts how he came to see the better side of the troublemaking kid at the bus stop. There’s a boy at the bus stop. Cute kid, deep dark eyes, bright charismatic grin—probably in first...
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Guys: It’s Time to Daddy Up
What moment made you the dad you are today? The answer to this question will define a generation of men. My bachelor pad was a penthouse at the corner of Massachusetts and Commonwealth avenues. I had...
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The Lost Script of ‘SAHD Men’
Ron Mattocks finds a lost script from the Mad Men spinoff SAHD Men. Some of you may or may not be aware of cable television’s popular show Mad Men, the stylish drama about a New York City ad agency in...
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Becoming an Asshole…For Good?
Ron Mattocks finds inspiration and wisdom in unlikely characters: Don Draper, for instance. The other night I was telling my wife, Ashley, about an idea I had to start an anonymous blog where I would...
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20 Dads Share Their Favorite Children’s Books
Looking for a book to read to your children? These 20 dads share their favorites. Since before Moses and the stone tablets fathers have been telling stories and reading to their children. It’s...
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Breaking Dad: Relating to Walter White
The character of Walter White did what he did for the survival of his family. Ron Mattocks wonders what lengths he must go to. — First allow me to apologize for the “Breaking Dad” portion of my title....
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Dreams of Failure
Two dreams diverged along Ron Mattocks’ path, and he cannot help but ponder the difference. — A while back I had two dreams that were so vivid I will never forget them. In the first I was a boy,...
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