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Missed Moment: Have You Seen My Child?

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Child gone missing in the suburbs

Stay on the premises!!

“Come on. Have another,” I encouraged my house guest. It was as if someone had turned the clock back, and we were pledges in a fraternity.

It was a year and a half after my family and I had moved into our new home. The transition from city to suburban living was challenging. My wife and I missed life in New York City. Though my wife and I were rarely able to enjoy the happenings around the city as we were too busy looking after our young children, we missed the business, the culture, and the nightlife. But we needed a yard, a garage and good schools, so the suburbs were where my young family and I belonged.

I thought meeting people in the suburbs would be easy. You have a 5-year-old? Well, I also have a 5-year-old. Let’s have a barbeque in the backyard.

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Three Lessons Children Can Learn From The Government Shutdown

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Government Shutdown

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Clowns to the left of me,

Jokers to the right, here I am,

Stuck in the middle with you.

Stealers Wheel

That about describes are politicians these days and the resulting government shutdown. Wouldn’t you agree?

You may consider yourself right wing. You may consider yourself left wing. Yet, ultimately, government shutdown or not we are all stuck in the middle together.

You get that. I get that. Why the hell don’t our politicians get that?

I have strong political views. Don’t believe me? Ask my dad blogger pals Dennis D. (Dennis’ Blog) and Tom B. (Tom’s Blog) Anyway, I decided a while back that this was not the forum where I wanted to express them.

So, I will look at this government shutdown as an opportunity to teach children what not to do. Seriously, maybe we should make every politician reread Robert Fulghum’s All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.

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ALERT: Dad Blogger Abandons Children

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That’s right I abandoned my children. I left them alone. No adults, no teens, no supervision.
Dad blogger abandons children

They look cute, yet I abandoned them.

You thought I loved them at this point? You thought I am a responsible parent? You thought I need them to continue to be a dad blogger. Well, I’ll have to look up the rules on that last one.
Anyway, I abandoned my children.

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I’m Raising Messy Marvin

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I make the bed. Even when I am in a hotel. My wife laughs at me.

I grew up in a small house.  Neatness fell through the cracks. I promised myself that my house would be neat.
My wife clears the dishes within five minutes of a meal ending. She can’t sleep knowing there are dishes in the sink.
My wife’s parents were pack rats. She has gone in the opposite direction.
There you have it  – two neat freaks we are. Well, if you want to be technical she is more organized, and I am more neat. There’s a difference. Trust me. Either way, it’s nice to have something you agree on and appreciate in your spouse.
Sure there are many other things we have in common and view similarly. However, this is a big one. I’ve had sloppy roommates in the past. I could not force them to clean and ultimately could not take when the apartment was left messy. The arguments were not pretty.
My wife and I are on the same page in terms of neatness. Cool.
And now that you know the background, maybe you can answer a question I have. How do I deal with my sloppy son?
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