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[This week DadWagon is proud of 'basically goading' NYC writer and father Alex Smith into guest-blogging for the week. Alex was recently profiled in AM New York for having over 2,600 CDs in his collection, so you can be assured he's 'basically fucking insane.' Welcome aboard, Alex.] Sure, it sounded like it would be fun, [...]

Last night I returned to New York after nine long days spent driving around Ireland. Usually, when I’m on one of these trips, I come back with some profoundly clever observation about parenthood abroad. Not this time. For some reason or other, I just didn’t see much of parents interacting with their kids. Which may [...]

One of the chief joys of parenthood is watching your child change. Partly this stems from realizing that we adults are now pretty much what we’re always going to be, that change for us is done, and that now when things do change, it’s unlikely to be for the better. But with the kids, their [...]

Yes, that’s right: Our stroller is getting a far better vacation this year than we are. In a mix-up at daycare last week, another family picked up our stroller and left their (very similar) model. The director of the center said they’d just bought theirs, and probably didn’t realize there were two very similar ones [...]