Boy band epiphany 2012-07-09 Author: Clay Nichols  I’d come to my daughter’s room to put away a hair clip for the eight millionth time, daydreaming about the sage who would one day explain to me how the things breed. But the closet door stopped me cold. Gone were...

Stereotypical dads for the win! 2012-05-04 Author: Clay Nichols Dear Ad Industry, I hate to admit it, but for once you’ve totally nailed it. It’s true. Dads are idiots. Fathers today: totally clueless and blundering, yet forced into parenting ineptitude because our...

Ten things parenting has taught me about the human body 2012-04-02 Author: Clay Nichols  1. There is not a single place, inside or out, of the human body that cannot be bruised, infected, covered with a rash, scabrous, bilious, infested, crusty or rancid....

Don't Read This 2012-03-03 Author: Clay Nichols  Reading parenting columns is a dangerous business. Turn back while you can. You’re probably better off re-reading the camp ads. In my most recent experience, a quick read of a parenting column in a major national...

The parenting dis-Kinect 2012-02-01 Author: Clay Nichols  I’m thinking about the challenges faced by previous generations of parents. Parents who had to cope with the arrival of Rock ‘n’ Roll or the Sexual Revolution; parents who had to send their kids off to the...

Hottest top trendy tech toddler trends list of hotness 2012-01-03 Author: Clay Nichols  I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and research lately about kids, parents and technology. One of the clearest trends: Kids are using technology at a younger and younger age....

I am not asking for special treatment, but... 2011-11-04 Author: Clay Nichols  Dear School Administrator, Ordinarily, my wife and I would never ask for any kind of special treatment for our daughter Pookey (last year’s letter was an exception), but I do have a...