I’ve got two teenage boys. I’m watching their respective growth – physically and in asserting their growing independence – with both awe and concern. My older son has changed his “look” repeatedly all of his teen years, mostly with his hair length and color and cut, but lately he’s added tattoos to the mix. His younger brother has largely asserted his independence by acting independent and a bit defiant.
While EVERYONE knows that these Because I Said So comic strips are completely fiction and bear NO relation to my life, this is one rare incidence where my family is actually going to the JT and Jay-Zee concert. Why? Don’t ask me!
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Featured guests:
Special guests Arnie Sallan and Noah Kline from ElectricSloth.com.
Dr. Jennifer Weberman (The Parenting Playground) for “Therapy Talk.”
Today’s radio show is inspired by this week’s “A Dad’s Point-of-View” column, I Get One Kid but Not the Other Kid, and we’re going to talk about music – with special guests!
Fat Weiner
All we hear on the news is obesity, Obsesity, and OBESITY. Yes, it’s a problem. We mostly hear about its dangers for us and our children. But, it is also a big – pardon that choice of words – problem for our pets. If we do not feed and exercise them correctly, they will gain weight just as we do. That’s our topic for #PetRap this Sunday, July 14 – right before #blogchat – at 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. PT/8:00 – 9:00 p.m. ET.
C’mon, what is the title of this photo? You know it! – – Fat Cat!
Ten2Ten! This is a short video documenting our road trip from Salt Lake City, Utah to Los Angeles, California in approximately ten hours. On this road trip, I narrate and bore you with facts and trivia. My wife complains at me for something or another that I’m doing, but I cut most of that out (no one needs to see that). We ended the video portion of the road trip just out of Las Vegas due to the fact that there’s nothing much to see on that leg of the trip.
I don’t expect we’ll be this crowded!
We are having a LIVE double-header Thursday, July 11th of both #DadChat and @JodiOkun ‘s #CollegeCash. For those that can, you are invited to my house for a PARTY from 4:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. BBQ, Swim, Drink, Chat, Talk, Engage, and otherwise enjoy our great communities IRL! For details contact @JodiOkun or me.
Click on the comic above to see ALL the great “Because I Said So” comic strips!
Any parent that has more than one kid usually recognizes that all children are not the same, regardless of genetics or similar upbringings. Yes, there are The Osmonds and The Jacksons, where musical talent seems to be inherited. The same applies to some sports families. But, I would assert that more often than not, the kids we have are not that similar other than possibly looks, if we’ve had them with the same partners (obviously not counting adoption cases).
Sibling rivalry is as old as mankind; as old as the Bible. Because I Said So takes a humorous look at sibling rivalry in our 89th comic strip.
