Second Puberty Is No Joke, Y’all

Second puberty is a real thing that hits in your forties, and you’ll never be the same again. It’s a lot like first puberty in that regard, but without all the awkward bits around girls. Unless, of course, you still haven’t figured out how to talk to women by the time you reach middle age, in which case you probably spend your time joining social media movements and aggressively overusing hashtags like #notallmen to get your point across, but that’s a whole pathology I don’t have time to get into right now.

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Never Negotiate With Children, or: Why My Christmas Tree Stayed up for Months

It all seemed so innocent at the time. It was mid-December, Christmas was still a week or so away, presents were building up into little piles under the tree, and everyone was on their best behavior. There was no way to know that I was about to make one of the biggest mistakes of my life, or at least one of the biggest mistakes of the past few months. (The mistakes that define me all kind of bleed together, at this point. You’ll understand when you get older.)

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The School Shooting Threat No One Is Talking About

There’s a lot of talk going around about how best to protect our children against an attack by a school shooter, and it’s a dialog we need to be having – but everyone is leaving out a crucial vulnerability. Read More