First, if I were to go on to say that San Francisco is about to outlaw female circumcision, what would your opinion be? Actually, the City by the Bay, as reported by SFGate.com, has received enough signatures on a petition to add a no male circumcision initiative to the November ballot. The proposal would ban male circumcision, with no religious exemptions. Violators would … [Read more...] about San Francisco to ban circumcisions?
Friends Ross has a new baby daughter
I guess that means they're all grown up now. It's a girl for David Schwimmer! The actor-director's wife, photographer Zoe Buckman, delivered their daughter Cleo Buckman Schwimmer on Sunday, May 8 in New York, his rep tells PEOPLE exclusively. Schwimmer, 44, wed the London-born Buckman, 25, last June after dating since 2007.[From David Schwimmer Welcomes a Daughter : … [Read more...] about Friends Ross has a new baby daughter
New dad anxiety in ‘Knickerbocker’ at the Public Theater NY
Sounds like another in a long list of plays and movies that infantalize men as fathers and caregivers. The anxieties may be real, and the situations humorous, but it seems like we've seen and heard all this before. It makes you wonder if there's any way to make the simple job of being a "good" mom or dad seem more noble than just a domestic cliché. ‘Knickerbocker’ at the … [Read more...] about New dad anxiety in ‘Knickerbocker’ at the Public Theater NY
Skin Cancer Prevention Guidelines
It's still Skin Cancer Awareness Month. In the interest of everyone getting this message over and over, here is advice from the Skin Cancer Foundation. This is important to read for several reasons. First, we all played in the sun and many of us were repeatedly burnt. It didn't seem like more than an irritation at the time, but now skin cancers are far more prevalent as a … [Read more...] about Skin Cancer Prevention Guidelines
Four Golf Books for Dads
For a lot of fathers, the Sunday of Father's Day means taking time to be away from the kids to play golf. This, I find, is more than a littte sad. Of all the loves I had before kids, golf was probably the hardest to give up in order to spend time with my family, but I've never mourned it enough to spend more than a few Sundays away. Six to eight hours out of a weekend was … [Read more...] about Four Golf Books for Dads