You search my face for an answer, a reason, some meaning to what has happened, but I have no words to make things better, no way to make it right.…
Tony Farrell has written about parenting for many books, magazines, and websites. The father of two, Tony has written the DadZone since 2009.
You’d think I’d know better than to fall for the same face twice. But here I am again, hooked on those big, brown eyes, that wagging tail, the shiny, tri-color…
Uh-oh, she’s making those sounds again – the grumbling, the whining, the full-throttle complaining. I’ve tried to ignore it, but it’s not fair to put her off any longer, especially…
He’s downstairs on the computer. She’s up in her room checking Instagram. Mom is deep into another book on her iPad. And me? I’m glued to a tiny smartphone, checking…
Reviewed by Tony Farrell They could be any modern American family—having trouble sleeping, waking up from edgy dreams, shuffling off to work and school each morning with a home-packed…
You would think resourceful children born in our digital age would know how to find a simple phone number. But if my kids are any guide, basic skills that were…
Reviewed by Tony Farrell If only every dad could be so lucky. You wear your magic cloak, you wield your magic staff, and everyone in the neighborhood is bent to…
So look what I found. Here, on the top shelf, behind the gravy boat, next to the porcelain teacups we never use. It's an old sippy cup, scuffed and scratched…
Reviewed by Tony Farrell Hitch yourself to any Irish playwright and you can count on being dragged through every bog and bramble of the troubled human psyche. Nobody does it…
Here on the icy summit, I don't mind telling you what's flashing through my mind: Do my legs still have it in them? After all, it's been almost 20 years…
