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DO THE WRONG THING

True stories of counterintuitive life lessons

Category: Dadsplaining

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The country mouse dilemma

January 23, 2019

I grew up in a very small town in upstate New York. No, not a town. Smaller. A village – 4,000 people at the most. It’s called Catskill, and it was founded by Dutch settlers, who bought a plot of land next to the Hudson River from some Mohican Indians in exchange for a few… Read More The country mouse dilemma

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Dadsplaining the 4th of July to a British kid

June 29, 2017

Every day, I walk our nine year old daughter to school here in London. It’s a 15 minute walk, which gives us a nice amount of time to talk. I take advantage of the opportunity to teach her about an important aspect of the world – a different topic every day. Not just facts, but… Read More Dadsplaining the 4th of July to a British kid

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Dadsplaining: I explain the world to my kid (Boris Johnson edition)

June 17, 2017

Every day, I walk our nine year old daughter to school. It’s a 15 minute walk, which gives us a nice amount of time to talk. I take advantage of the opportunity to teach her about an aspect of the world – a different topic every day. I call it Dadsplaining. The way I see… Read More Dadsplaining: I explain the world to my kid (Boris Johnson edition)

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