“We talk about how many women were raped last year, not about how many men raped women.”
A Letter to my Son About Rape
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Nathan Timmel
The Blog Sure, anyone can make words on a screen. And anyone can yap into a microphone. But how many can do both?
Results for Fatherhood & Parenting
The Knowing
My daughter has always been a picky eater, and I don’t mean that in the classic sense. Most children are “picky;” my child has been to an eating specialist several times.
The Dark Side of Obamacare No One is Talking About
Nature always finds a way to mutate and survive, and at the moment diseases are mutating faster than antibiotics can keep up.
PBS Kids Wants to Babysit Your Children
Within the next few years we’ll probably just sit on a couch and be force fed our meals like foie gras geese.
Parental PTSD
Once your child has been hospitalized, you’re forever flinching. I’m not sure either of us will ever forget the sight of our son wrapped in wires.
Good On You, Ashton Kutcher
Of all the things Ashton Kutcher has received flack for—Punk’d, Dude, Where’s My Car? his portrayal of Steve Jobs—I found it ludicrous he got pushback after the birth of his daughter.
Frozen Moments
“And this will be, the one thing we remember.” ~ OK Go My son is two-and-a-half years old. His favorite song is The One Moment, by OK Go. I have to sing it to him every night before bed, like a lullaby. If it comes on when we’re in the car, he shouts “Color Band!”—his...
The Nancy-Pantsing of America
Every gap is gone; any sense of wonder or fear disappeared.
Light Reading & Life Lessons
I read the words aloud before fully realizing what they said. And then I paused. And then a wide smile spread across my face and I started laughing.
Dear Walmart Woman
If we were in line next to one another at a store, you would be outraged if you heard me say: “This is why you eat right and exercise, so you don’t get fat.”
How Guilt Made Me a Better Father
Why had I let her meltdown, allowing her to cry and lose control of her emotions instead of just reading the book in the first place? Was I trying to be a firm-hand parent? Saying no for the sake of no?
Using Disney to Explain Death
“Orv is all gone.”