I don’t write about my children often. I love sharing pictures and amusing stories, but when it comes to anything serious I was always conscious of coming across as one of those people who either never shuts up about their kids, or would imply that a certain method of parenting is better than another. But…
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Fatherhood²: Guest Post – Hey Howdy Hey from Big Boned Biker
So I have been given the privilege of writing a guest post for this blog… let me start by telling you who I am! I’ll set the scene first: it was a dark stormy night… well no it wasn’t but it would be more interesting. My story begins in March of 2012, when I found…
Fatherhood²: Guest Post – The Real Purpose of Ante Natal Classes
Stage 1. Conception. Stage 2. Back up required – in the form of information and people. Stage 3 – booking an ante natal class. Knocked up? Bun in oven? Don’t know the difference between pethidine and methadone? Confused by the amount of words in your baby book beginning with “Con2? Conception? Contraction? Condescending? Only ever…
Fatherhood²: Guest Post – My Mother Superiority Complex, or How I Learned to Let Go and Let Dad
“All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does, and that is his.” — Oscar Wilde (The Importance of Being Earnest) In October 2004, when our son Evan was 9 months old, we packed our things, and moved out of the small university town my husband Andrew and I called home…
Fatherhood²: Guest Post – The Only Dad in the Park
We live in the 21st Century. Apparently we are modern, diverse and multi-cultural. Women can vote. Men use moisturizer. We certainly don’t confirm to the patriarchal norms laid down by our unenlightened pre-historic forefathers. I went to the park with my two young sons today after collecting them from school. It was a beautiful sunny…