Jeff Bogle
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Making a theatrical investment in childhood
Bill Harley says it best on his seminal album of stories and songs, “The Town Around The Bend”. The Grammy Award winner remarks that ...
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Parents are a lot like actors, athletes and politicians in that, at some point in our career, we begin to consider our legacy.
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Teaching kids to live for today
Every day that I’m fortunate enough to wake up, I reach down to the thin space between my bed frame and box spring.
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A baker’s dozen of lessons learned and taught
Thirteen years isn’t a long time in the grand scheme of the universe but in the life of a dad, it’s a relative eon.
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Flying into adult male friendship
I hung out with only one kid during my elementary school years. We were best friends in the 10-year-old sense; playing with G.I. Joe figu ...
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Going from Alaska to the Atlantic – A dad’s notes on planning an epic summer family vacation
We’re not intentionally trying to outdo ourselves, I swear. To onlookers though, mainly the readers of my blog and any extre ...
7 years ago
Nurturing entrepreneurship in kids
My first business venture of note was launched from the dusty wooden floor of my 3rd floor apartment at 17th and Pine Street. I ...
8 years ago
The upside of giving my tween Instagram
Frankly, I’m surprised it took her so long to ask for it. I had, “yeah, you can have an Instagram account, sweetieR ...
8 years ago
A tweenager’s growing autonomy
The choice of clothing, hair styles and what should end up in her school lunch box every day has pretty much been hers forever, or for at ...
8 years ago
It’s been a good but long school year – why not give kids the summer break they need? My two pre-teen daughters have j ...
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Am I still a stay-at-home dad if I’m never home?
It’s a truly first world problem, I know, but it’s a problem nonetheless. You see, I am in the throes of a work / life ...
8 years ago
Sharing my love of baseball with my daughters
A couple Fridays ago I was on the Turnpike, heading into the sunset, away from my parents’ house, when I e ...
9 years ago