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Dear Readers: To celebrate the avarice of children and the holiday season, we are calling for you to submit your own Dear Santa letters (you can send them to tips@dadwagon.com). Give us a first name and a hometown and we’ll be sure Santa knows all about how good/greedy your children are. I’m kicking it off [...]

Despite co-founding a parenting blog that is ever-so-slightly better than its peer blogs, I’ve never considered myself an expert on raising kids. Far from it, in fact, and I readily concede that there are reams of kiddie-related things of which I remain blissfully unaware. For example, I’ve never watched “Yo Gabba Gabba!” (JP is a [...]

In the words of Mr. Garrison: In case you haven’t noticed There’s festive things to do So lets all rejoice for Jesus And Merry fucking Christmas to you. And now for some seasonal videos. From DadWagon’s broken, diseased family to yours, have a wonderful weekend. We’ll see you next week.

The wife flew in last night. After four days solo with the kids–including playing nursemaid for my son, who, in a bit of Christmas magic, has pneumonia–I am now relegated to my usual position: second-stringer. Am I upset about being back on the bench, while the mom gets all the perks of being a starter? [...]