December 18th, 2012 by dadwagon | 1 Comment
Originally posted at The Atlantic I just got back a couple days ago from a reporting trip to the Western Cape of South Africa, which included some time with farmworkers mourning the death of Michael Daniels, a young father shot dead by police during a wage protest. There was a visitation of the body, a [...]
December 14th, 2012 by dadwagon | No Comments
The editors of DadWagon take it over to The Atlantic Sexes. Second installment: Outearned but still a man
December 12th, 2012 by dadwagon | 1 Comment
Originally posted at The Atlantic Hey, guys, Several times a day, after my infant daughter, Sammy, finishes breastfeeding, my wife, Jean, will hand her over to me and say, “Can you burp her?” And I will duly pick Sammy up, put her over my shoulder, and lightly pound her back until she emits a belch. [...]
June 6th, 2012 by Nathan | 3 Comments
From my middle-aged vantage point, it’s tempting paint younger parents as chronically unfit, the kind of people who make the evening news, who smoke weed and drive off with their baby in its carrier still on the roof of their car. There are those types of idiots, sure, but I’ve seen young parents who also do a great job.
