Don’t Be This Dad
Posted on 09. Aug, 2010 by Brian Reid in Uncategorized
Lest you think all I do is post pieces about how great dads are, I feel I must put a link up to my college buddy Eric Lipman’s post at Legal Blog Watch about a father who was daddying under the influence and was, subsequently, arrested and sentenced to a year of probation.
So, word to the wise: if you need to hold the stroller to stay upright, maybe you should pause for a moment and reconsider your choices. Just saying.
[Though I don't want to imply that the father here is an alcoholic, I do want to be sensitive to the topic. There is no question that drinking problems are serious, and hats off to those that have remained sober. This is a good excuse to link to Mike Adamick's brilliant and moving guest post for the NYT's Motherload blog last year: "Gins of our Fathers." If you haven't read that yet, please click over and check it out.]
EL
12. Aug, 2010
Thanks man. Though I have a lot more experience watching you drink than watching you dad, you seem to be pretty good at the latter as well!