Monthly Archives: January 2011

Is This Dad Really a Tiger Mom in Disguise?

By Brian | Published: January 13, 2011

The “Tiger Mom” essay on the WSJ.com just won’t die. Today Tiger Mom Amy Chua responds to readers, and her advice regarding toddlers caught my eye: We didn’t actually do anything that different when my daughters were toddlers, just the same kinds of things that you probably do already: read picture books with them, took [...]

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Selective Hearing

By Brian | Published: January 7, 2011

During the day I often talk to Mr. F — not expecting a response, of course. So I was taken aback when, in the middle of a somewhat longwinded lecture sparked by George Michael’s Faith coming up on Pandora about how if the Wham! album Make it Big epitomized eighties pop music then Michael’s Faith [...]

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End of Year Essays on The Huffington Post

By Brian | Published: January 3, 2011

I wrote two pieces to close out 2010 on HuffPo. The first, The Real Magic of Parenting Doesn’t Happen on Christmas, arose from feeling compassion toward my parents because of my experiences with Mr. F. The time I’m spending with him is transformative—watching him grow and develop language and personality, finding my voice as a [...]

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