Tag Archives: parenting

Personalization and Co-opted Affection

I’ve had my Nexus One (the cur­rent google­phone) for a cou­ple of months now, and it's been enjoy­able. I bought it know­ing that it’d be a useful toy.

July 10, 2010 – 5:21 am | By Clint Howarth | Posted in asides | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Pleasant Chaos

Check work email, check per­sonal email. My seven-month-old daugh­ter has a death grip on my thumbs as I teach her to walk and I'm scold­ing the twenty-two-month daugh­ter for pur­pose­fully putting a book on the floor in our path. (Can't step on books, instant time­out) The tone of my voice switches seam­lessly between encour­age­ment and …

January 6, 2010 – 7:45 am | By Clint Howarth | Posted in featured, personal | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Understanding New Parents

A few years ago, I ended up on the wrong side of this response: "Wait, I love my kids! STOP TALKING ABOUT KILLING MY KIDS!" I found this a lit­tle con­fus­ing, as we weren't talk­ing about killing any­one. How­ever, I've since become a par­ent, and I can offer an expla­na­tion and translation.

November 30, 2009 – 12:07 pm | By Clint Howarth | Posted in featured | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)