Category Archives: Parenting

Advice For Fathers Trying To Keep Their Teen Daughters Off The Pole

Religion helps. If you raise them Orthodox Jewish or in any traditional religion, you can keep them in a cocoon until they turn 18. From the Chateau: Reader Mazinger, like most people with a functioning sanity gland, recoils in horror … Continue reading

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Free Range Kids

I grew up in a home where from about age six on, I could wander around alone in the bush for hours without anyone worrying. From about age nine on, I could be gone all day without anyone worrying. I … Continue reading

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What Do You Think Of Husbands Who Always Put Their Clients On Hold To Take Calls From Their Wives?

When Rudy Guiliani ran for president in 2008, he was knocked for taking a call in the middle of a speech and putting the audience on hold so he could talk to his wife. I notice a lot of guys … Continue reading

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When Do Children Rebel?

Blog: My theory: a child will adopt a parents’ tastes and values and outlook in inverse correlation with the narcissism of that parent. If a parent is a blowhard — of high or low IQ — who can never admit … Continue reading

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High-Involvement Parenting

When I was growing up, I didn’t know any parents who were as involved with their kids’ lives (running them to and from practice, checking up on their homework, scheduling play dates, etc) as the typical middle-class parent is today … Continue reading

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