Babble

We took our Lads to Costa Rica when they were about 21 months old, an effort to go as far as we could on the reduced-rate-for-laps before they turned two. Two three-hour flights as well as about eight hours of delays on the way there, four hours on the way back. Unfortunately, I have no real tips to...

Since joining the Legion o' Parents and meeting all sorts of other hip new mater/paterfamilii, I've learned of lots of great names with great stories behind them. How did you pick your children's names? Since we decided our twin Lads would have my surname, we wanted first names from my wife's family...

I gave up on discipline, and opted to instead teach all the Park Kids how to be bad. That way, my Lads look good by comparison.

The three of us were sitting on the edge of a fountain in at the National Arboretum that is completely flush with the ground, not even a bump to separate it. Porter was on one side of me, Miles on the other. I saw Miles start to lean forward, so I turned to reach out to grab him. Of course, as soon as...

I work full-time nights and have my twin lads Porter and Miles for about five hours each day while my wife is at work. I love this arrangement -- I get to spend much more time with them than a lot of fathers do, and I have lots of new mom and dad friends. My sons are as close to me as they are to their...

I obsessed over this quite a bit when we found out -- on the same day, alas -- that we were having not one but two children, and that both would be packing foreskins. My wife left this one up to me entirely as the sole possessor of a penis in our household at the time. I read all the arguments on both...