BlogAffinity: Kindergarten Cop
Patrick Boyle, editor of Youth Today, is a new, humorous voice on fatherhood issues at the Huffington Post. “Kindergarten Cop,” which debuted an inaugural post today, is about the joys of breaking the law in front of your kids. (Yes, you read that correctly.)
In today’s column, he writes:
Even though we’re parents, we sometimes walk when the sign says “Don’t.” We split the cable wire to hook up a second TV for free. We take the kids out of school a day early so we can hit the road for Spring break. We yell at the ref.
Most of all, we speed. Surveys consistently show that about three-quarters of U.S. drivers admit to regularly exceeding the posted limits.
But while we adults have this quiet compact that says a little disobedience is fine as long as you don’t piss me off, I can’t figure out how to explain that to a kindergartener who recently won so many good behavior coupons in class that she got to eat lunch with the teacher.
“This blog is about regular guys trying to be good dads,” Boyle says in an email, “about struggling, about being dumbfounded by our kids, about laughing, and about the occasional and noteworthy success.” He notes, correctly, that parenting writing “tends to be dominated by moms” — no offense to his wife and other mothers out there, of course — or by a “touchy-feely” tone.
So bookmark the main page (scroll down to see all posts), read often, subscribe, follow Patrick on twitter, and leave comments. Most of all, fathers, enjoy and embrace your lawlessness — there’s at least one guy out there who has your back.