Mar 26 201843/26/18How to Help Kids Fight Back When the Bad Guys Win Geoffrey Redick15We had my son’s fourth birthday party the day the Patriots beat the Falcons in the Super Bowl. As everyone knows,…
Mar 19 201833/19/18How to Not Freak Out When Your Kid Gets HurtGeoffrey Redick90Kids fall down a lot, and they hurt themselves a lot. It’s a feature, not a bug. You gotta crawl before you can…
Feb 21 201822/21/18Give Your Kids a Playlist of Your Favorite SongsGeoffrey Redick21“Uptown got its hustlers, the Bowery got its bums. Forty-second Street got big Jim Walker, he a pool-shootin’ son of…
Feb 15 201842/15/18How to Get Your Partner to the Hospital When She's About to Have a BabyGeoffrey Redick62The bun has been in the oven for nine months, and now it’s toasted golden brown. Time to get it out!
Feb 7 201822/7/18How to Fly With Your Kids When You're Terrified of FlyingGeoffrey Redick7I’m terrified of flying.
Feb 1 2018Save2/1/18How to Cut Your Kid's HairGeoffrey Redick31I’ve always hated haircuts. In high school and college, when I was going for “a look,” my hair was the easiest part…
Jan 17 201871/17/18How to Deal With the Death of Your Family PetGeoffrey Redick66When I was 11, I wanted to be a veterinarian. Playing with animals all day seemed like a fun gig. Around this time,…
Jan 9 201881/9/18How to Parent When Your Parent Is DyingGeoffrey Redick51In the game of adulting, a herd accompanies you past the milestones. When you’re young, everyone you know is…
Dec 14 2017Save12/14/17How to Host a SleepoverGeoffrey Redick8When you’re a kid, there’s no party like a slumber party. Staying up late, learning how to burp the alphabet, eating…
Dec 7 2017412/7/17How Not to Be a Raging Maniac at Your Kid's Soccer GameGeoffrey Redick105On Saturdays, I play pick-up soccer with a regular group of guys. We use any open field we can find. That got harder…
Nov 28 20171011/28/17How to Keep Your Kids Out of Your BedGeoffrey Redick132Like the proper way to hang a roll of toilet paper, the location of a sleeping child is a reliable internet fight…
Nov 21 2017Save11/21/17How to Survive Your Kid's Holiday ConcertGeoffrey Redick9Daylight is waning, the temperature is dropping and the snow is flying. ‘Tis the season of frenzied shopping,…
Nov 15 2017411/15/17When to Use 'Dad Voice'Geoffrey Redick90The paradox of parenting is that you can perform all the functions and still feel like an imposter. Changing…
May 18 201775/18/17How To Keep The Family Together On A Long Distance MoveGeoffrey Redick74People are meant to move. We’ve been doing it for tens of thousands of years. Chasing mammoths across the tundra,…
Apr 12 2017214/12/17I'm Already Old, And It's GloriousGeoffrey Redick150You’re pooping right now, reading this. Probably constipated. Or you’re in the back of an Uber, stuck in traffic.…
Mar 10 2017293/10/17I Like My ThingsGeoffrey Redick153America, our possessions are ruining us. Even as you read these words, container ships are churning through the…
Dadspin6/7/16Jun 7 201625Dadspin6/7/16DadspinHow Not To Lose Friends To ParenthoodGeoffrey Redick402There’s an idea that parallel universes exist simultaneously, and every possible outcome of every event in history…
Weird Animal Shit5/11/16May 11 201626Weird Animal Shit5/11/16Weird Animal ShitThe Case Against PetsGeoffrey Redick319Let’s talk about pets. They are made for cuddling. They nuzzle and purr and wiggle. They show their cute little…
Apr 28 2016234/28/16Terrible Careers My Dad RecommendedGeoffrey Redick192What should I be when I grow up?