Don’t ground them; anti-ground them

July 27, 2015

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Minecraft addicted

I swear if I have to take the computer or the Playstation remotes away one more time I’ll just get rid of both. Well, I would, but I kind of like using them myself. I am running out of hiding places, though. I’ve heard from so many parents that they have to take away screen […]

Posted in: Parenting

I’m older, not elder

April 12, 2015

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fashion over the years

I gave a talk this week to a senior’s society. They were very nice people. Until someone pointed out that I’m only five years away from qualifying to join. Bastard. I’m not ready to be a senior citizen; my parents are senior citizens. Statistically speaking, it’s likely that I’ve already lived over half of my […]

Cliches, hot tub parties and puberty: a post in pictures

March 22, 2015

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Puberty begins

Well hi there! I was rummaging around my stack of drawings the other day and found a few cartoons that, for whatever reason, haven’t been posted. So I thought it would be nice to do an all-cartoon post today. The cartoon above was originally a crappy little drawing I did before I got more serious about […]

Posted in: Cartoons, Parenting, Puberty

4 benefits of video games in your home

March 17, 2015

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Benefits of video games

Are video games really as bad as we make them out to be? Will my son become a zombie if he plays video games more than 2 hours a day? Are there any benefits to playing video games? Those are all great questions and I don’t have a clue what the answers are, but that […]

The teens they are a’changin’

March 9, 2015

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Junior High bullying insurance

Son, you’ve heard of dog years but what about teen years? Here’s how that works: to calculate a teen’s age in people years, you need to subtract 10. So, a kid who’s been on the planet for 13 years is really about 3 in people years. I figured this out through a highly scientific study […]

Son, it’s time we talked about sports…again

July 21, 2014

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Ski jump fail

  Hi folks. This post was originally published over 3 years ago when I’ve Become My Parents was still just a puppy and had about 18 subscribers. I was thinking about this post recently when my son actually agreed to go out on a tennis court with me and hit some balls. Granted, more balls […]