RebelDad

Posted on 17. Nov, 2005 by Brian Reid in General

OK. Decisions have been made. The first-ever RebelDad gathering will happen at 7 a.m. on Sunday at the Cambridge House restaurant. It’s centrally located so don’t worry about transport. All you have to do is wake up and cross the street. But … I’ll also be hanging at pizzeria Ora (the Best Western’s restaurant/bar) at midnight, if anyone wants an impromptu get-together.

The black bumper stickers are in. If you’ve signed up on the wiki, you’re getting one on Sunday morning. If you haven’t yet, you still have two days to sign up to attend the event, but you’ve missed the bumper sticker deadline.

Look for the keynote podcast to go up during the weekend at some point, and a Flickr feed will appear at www.flickr.com/photos/rebeldad/. If I’m ambitious, I may upload brief video snippets here.

So you’re sick of the convention talk. Check out the latest from Jeff at No Ma’am, who offered to run a fatherhood course at his local hospital. (Getting guys roped in around the time of childbirth is a key plank in the grand RebelDad plan to remake parenthood.) They said no, for a shortsighted and silly reason. Jeff gets point both for trying and for understanding exactly what he can bring to the table:

What could I possibly teach a working dad?
Three R’s:
Respect….. Respect your at-home wife. She’s working too…. And its damned hard.
Responsibility….. Hey, they’re your kids too. Give them a little one on one time. You’ll love it, they’ll love it, Mom will love it.
Relax…. Being a dad isn’t as hard as it looks. Teach your kids love and they’ll give it back. Have fun.