Fatherhood & Family

September 16, 2026Fatherhood & Family

Raising Independent Kids Is Easy Until You're the One Watching

I tell everyone I'm raising independent kids. Then I hover four feet behind a three-year-old on a slide. One survey number called me out.

June 27, 2025Fatherhood & Family

Chutzpah isn't being pushy. It's the audacity to care out loud. On raising two bold, kind daughters who aren't afraid to ask for the thing.

May 5, 2025Fatherhood & Family

A tribute to my dad, Brian Oberlender: VP, mentor, and morning coffee buddy. Lessons in grit, failure, and why human beats hero every time.

March 19, 2025Fatherhood & Family

The darts scene is in Season 1, Episode 8, "The Diamond Dogs." Here's what Ted's "be curious, not judgmental" moment teaches about leadership.

February 18, 2025Fatherhood & Family

Bluey's 'Born Yesterday' is a lot more than a kids' show episode. It's a funny, honest case for curiosity and slowing down with your kids.

January 12, 2025Fatherhood & Family

My grandmother Buba Luba turned 93. Her story as an immigrant, and what she taught me about forgiveness and family, still shapes how I show up.

December 21, 2024Fatherhood & Family

HBO Max ended its Sesame Workshop deal, and new episodes are now in question. Sesame Street was never just entertainment, and my kids prove it.

December 14, 2024Fatherhood & Family

A 911 call for my daughter, a morning of pure fear, and a four-year-old who still insisted on going to school. Here's how it actually went.

December 9, 2024Fatherhood & Family

Answering the hundredth 'why' of the day is how curiosity survives childhood. What endless questions are actually building in your kid.

December 7, 2024Fatherhood & Family

Late-night parenting struggles turned out to be about me, not them. What bedtime chaos taught me about my triggers and my patience.