It’s surprising everything that fatherhood changes. Take pointing, for example. You might think that pointing would be the same for men that are fathers as it is for men that aren’t fathers, but this is not the case, at least if you are pointing at something moving.
It takes a 2-6 year old child at least 4 seconds to look at what you are pointing at. So if you have a 2-6 year old child, and you are pointing at a moving object, you need to lead the point, and point in front of the object. Pretend you back in sixth grade, playing backyard football quarterback. If the object is moving fast, point 20-30 degrees in front of it. A fast moving object may require pointing a full 45 degrees in front, however. Just remember to lead the point and you won't go wrong (and your kids won't end up crying because they didn't see the deer/bird/train/airplane/whatever it was you were pointing at).
March 22, 2009
March 7, 2009
Pitchfork 500
If you like modern music, I am going to try to post about all of the songs in the Pitchfork 500 book that came out in November 2008 (that attempts to identify the top 500 songs of the past 30 years).
The blog for that is here.
The blog for that is here.
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