Sunday, June 19, 2005

This week's column:
Get hip to tips for clueless dads

Well, this was the year! With my kids now 6 and almost 4, I finally figured out the secret to this fatherhood thing, and this is it:

Um ... OK, I'm lying.

But I have picked up a few things, and judging by the intense, almost Guantánamo-style grilling I keep getting from fathers-to-be, I know there is a dearth of information out there. So I share the following, in the hopes that our kids won't look back someday and say, "Who was that guy who kept tripping over Mom?"

For the rest of this week's At Large by Peter Chianca, click here.

For previous Tips for Clueless Fathers, click here.

5 comments:

Morris said...

haha you crack me up!

Morris
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Anonymous said...

WHO ARE YOU CRAZY JANANESE MAN???

Kuroaki said...

*laugh* okay, I have to admit the comments made me laugh more. it wouldn't have been half as funny if the guy actually spelt "japanese" correctly. but the article was still entertaining, as always.

jon said...

Secret? I don't think there is a secret. It's like having a brick thrown at you; no secret, just get out of the way.

clueless dad #4867633009

Anonymous said...

Since you asked...

http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/sunscreen.html

I'll leave the "distilling to 4-year-old-ese" to you. :)

Wil