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Dads Dish on Blogging, Race, Childhood on NPR

Mike Adamick (Cry It Out!) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:29:00 GMT

If you're looking for a great perspective on dads and dad blogging, several of my favorite bloggers were featured on a roundtable chat with Michel Martin from NPR's "Tell Me More," offering a glimpse into how dads, too, find connections online. And also how they are helping to dispell a few myths about minority parenting.

Keith of African American Dad, for instance, says he wanted to start his blog to help contribute to the idea that black fathers are also involve. Odd that even today there'd be a need for that, but you've got to hear what some asshole left on his site and how he rose above.

Jason from Rice Daddies started blogging as a way to "reach out and meet people" as a stay-at-home dad in California, and now, years later, he makes a nice living as a blogger. While Jeff at DC Urban Moms and Dads, along with the help of his wife, offers parenting advice. With Father's Day on the mind lately, it's an interesting perspective and well worth your drive time for a listen.

Wealthy TV Chef Says Her Kids Must Work for Money

Madeline Holler — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:23:00 GMT

Hot British celebrity cook Nigella Lawson, who has more money than God thanks to her upbringing, her commercial success and her marriage to a super rich ad man, says none of her wealth will be passed on to her two kids, Cosima and Bruno, now 13 and 11. None of it. They'll have to get out there and work if they're going to maintain the lifestyles of children whose parents are, as described above, extremely wealthy.

My first thought is, damn, what a meanie! But then if I spend two seconds reflecting on the not terribly meaningful lives of those who become entitled to their parents' riches, like Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie, the Greek tycoon's kids ... you know where this is going, all those aimless poor little rich kids ... and I think, damn, what a favor!

She has a combined wealth with her second husband, marketing guru Charles Saatchi, of more than $218 million. Alone, she's thought to be worth more than $30 million. But when she dies, she says not a penny of it will go to the kids.

From the Daily Telegraph:

Asked what she hoped the children would learn from her, Miss Lawson told the magazine My Weekly: "To know that I am working and that you have to work in order to earn money. I am determined that my children should have no financial security. It ruins people not having to earn money.

Interestingly, her hubby, Lawson's kids' step-dad, doesn't agree. And he has a 12-year-old daughter from another marriage who will get a windfall when papa's gone. Hmmmm. There's an interesting dynamic.

So all of you readers who are worth $30 million, will you leave any of it to your children? What about those of us with lesser means? Will you bequeath your over-mortgaged estate to the kids? Is Nigella being stingy or smart? I mean, it's not like they're going to have to work shitty jobs -- ever.

How Do You Fold Baby Clothes Anyway?

Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah — Wed, 30 May 2007 22:52:00 GMT

RakuMon over on Rice Daddies had a post the other day called Folding a Onesie Requires an Engineering Degree. He has a really good point. How do you fold a onesie? Thinking back, I guess I just folded them like shirts and then in half again (I think, I was pretty drugged up at the beginning. They give you good painkillers after a c-section). What RakuMon was really wondering anyway was how you fold the kimonos and the pajamas with booties.

If you are like me (and by like me I mean lazy and not picky at all) you just sort of fold them until they are smaller and then shove them in the appropriate drawer. What do you do if you are anal? I'm the wrong person to ask, so I am asking you guys.

Here is another question. When the onesie comes with matching socks and a headband, or a hat, how do you keep it all straight? Great. I'm completely done having babies and I have given myself a headache thinking about baby laundry.