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A Dad’s Point-of-View, by Bruce Sallan – A Cornucopia of Unrelated Revelations
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010A Cornucopia of Unrelated Revelations
1. I text when I drive? My younger son gets crazy on me and points it out in the same way I’d point out a mistake or poor choice he’d make. It doesn’t give me much credibility when I continue this dangerous and foolish behavior.
2. Why is it that [...]
A Dad’s Point-of-View, by Bruce Sallan – When Should We Take Risks?
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010We went on a family skiing trip and on my son’s first run of the season, he fell and broke his arm. Thankfully, it was a clean hairline fracture and he should heal just fine. It may take his ego a bit longer to recover, as he was trying to follow his girlfriend [...]
A Dad’s Point-of-View, by Bruce Sallan – Making the Best Decision
Saturday, July 17th, 2010 Making the Best Decision, by Bruce Sallan
One of the many things that we try to teach [...]
A Dad’s Point-of-View, by Bruce Sallan – What Does the First Year of Marriage Portend?
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 What Does the First Year of Marriage Portend? by Bruce Sallan
Dennis Prager, one of the most influential men in my life, [...]
A Dad’s Point-of-View, by Bruce Sallan – Our Kids Are Getting a Worse and Harder World!
Friday, July 9th, 2010Our Kids Are Getting a Worse and Harder World
The parents of every generation expect and hope that their children can and will do better than they did. Ours may be the first generation, in a very long while, where it is both unlikely and unrealistic to have this expectation. The world has just gotten much [...]
A Dad’s Point-of-View, by Bruce Sallan – Stuck Between My Wife and the Kids
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010Stuck Between My Wife and the Kids
In every marriage, spouses face an inevitable choice between their children and their spouse. It is a classic dilemma that confronts every couple and one that is inescapable and difficult. It is especially true in second marriages, like mine. I have to admit, it is an ongoing issue [...]
A Dad’s Point-of-View, by Bruce Sallan – It Takes Luck, Not A Village, to Raise Your Kids
Monday, July 5th, 2010Raising kids, like many things in life, involves many factors but luck is a key factor. I’ve faced recent reminders about this when I attended the Bar Mitzvah of a young man with severe learning disabilities, whose parents had the poor luck that he had these problems. Or, the recent visit from my [...]
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