Fair warning to all current and future parents — “Dad, how do you spell ‘what’?” My son asked me as part of his ever-curious barrage of questions. “W-H-A-T,” I responded. “But A-T sound should be similar to bat. This should be an ‘O’ sound, I think it should be w-o-t similar to d-o-t.” He had been learning his phonetics…

So dads do really get to have the cake and eat it too, should they? — My wife and I are expecting our second child in a little over a month. We’re both ecstatic and anxious and can’t wait to hold our little one in our arms. We are also excited that for a little over four months, both of us will get to be home…

And 5 types of personalities you can choose from — Have you ever sat down and wondered why XYZ content creator is a mega success, while you put in all the same effort and hours and (feels like) you’re creating the same quality of content? When you write that self-help article — crickets, but when this other writer does it…

The actual problem behind the climate and resource crisis is different — I recently read an article about an American complaining about the number of friends and acquaintances of hers that were thinking of having large families. Four kids, six kids, and the want for more — the term called pronatalism was the problem being discussed. Sure, it is a problem —…

Each one of you can help Coach Tony make this platform better — The new (if you can still call him that) CEO of Medium, Tony Stubblebine, has been doing a quiet but good job of resurrecting Medium. A lot of the veteran writers feel there are gradual steps towards betterment. Tom Kuegler is one I believe when it comes to the platform…

With my sometimes controversial suggested changes — Proverbs have been a part of every language for decades and centuries and the English language has no shortage of these either. As someone who speaks three languages and partially understands maybe a couple more, it seems to me that proverb or idiom usage in English is rather more frequent…

It’s the new Mecca for cringeworthy content — I try to keep a low profile on LinkedIn. A “congratulations on your new position” here and a “congrats for the promotion” there — and a few more thank yous when I have a career milestone or promotion that shows up and results in comments and compliments. Recently, however, long-form…

We need to talk about the good parts of parenting — We went over to a little parent-teacher’s day this past weekend. A teacher who wasn’t one of our son’s class teachers recognized our son and stopped to tell us a story. Our son is four and goes to kindergarten. They base their learning on “emotions-based teaching” and that to some…

Casual discrimination has always been in our vocabulary — Since our son was born nearly four years ago, I’ve learned to see the world from a different perspective in many ways. Especially since he’s started to speak and have conversations with us — his very inquisitive and very innocent mind asks questions that bamboozle me. There was an insect…