Monthly Archives: April 2011

Watching Television with Mr. F

My latest Fathering from the Hip column – Hey Parents! Your Kids Are Going to Be Fine – brought me this question from Julie: How long before you allowed TV to be a part of the day? Well, we started out with the “TV isn’t good for a baby” mentality, but that quickly changed. There [...]

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The Appeal of the Flawed – In Fiction as on American Idol

I love watching creative competitions like So You Think You Can Dance, Project Runway, and even the somewhat annoyingly edited America’s Next Top Model and Hell’s Kitchen. (How to stretch a little material into a dramatic hour? Repeat all the flash points at least twice, and add a dash of crazy host.) I’m fascinated by [...]

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