Posted on 14. Oct, 2004 by Brian Reid in General
Around the horn today, starting in California, where the San Jose Mercury News ran this column about the former number 2 at Cisco who stepped out of his high-powered Silicon Valley life and back into family life. It’s a great piece on how it’s never too late to come home again. (Read it next to this Washington Post story about staying at home during the teen years.)
Moving to the blogosphere, a chipper ABC employee has asked me if I — or any of you — would like to be on “Wife Swap.” I don’t feel special. Being Daddy, Daddy Types and Blue Sloth (among others) have all received similar pitches. Best response so far has been from Zero Boss.
On the subject of Being Daddy, Brian has a incredibly great post on the idiocy of “cool” parenting. It’s a must read. Even Daddy Types says so.
Also: bucking the women’s club that parenting magazines often seem to be is a writer named Gary Drevitch. He has a blog, too.
Finally, an alert reader sent along this link about guitarist Ottmar Liebert, who speaks in this NPR bit about the challenges of working from home with a small child.
Hogan Hilling
15. Oct, 2004
Nice column in the Mercury. It’s never too late for a dad to get involved.
Personally I’ve discovered that it’s just as - if not more important - for me to be around for my kids during their middle school and teenage years then during their early childhood years.
Despite the financial challenges, Tina and I are very content on me not going back to work full-time. Right now I’m working two part-time jobs that allows me to be around for the boys when they are not in school.
Hogan
Jammer
15. Oct, 2004
I got that “Wife Swap” thing too.