Perhaps, coming to a blog near you, is a rant about creating family-friendly workplaces that allow people (men and women) to be parents to their children.

At our AP group in April, a psychologist came to talk about how past crap influences parenting. One thing that she said that stuck in my mind is that sometimes we pass fear on when we use it as a discipline tool. I feel fear when we're in a crowded mall and my son wants to run. I'm afraid someone's going to steal him and take him in the bathroom and molest him. I know big people molest little people from personal experience. So I pass on the fear to him by telling him not to run because someone might take him. Oops…. Addressing the fear is a place to start. Hate how past sh*t interferes with the present.