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Here’s The Rub on HUB

July 2, 2021 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

Finally! The last day of school, or as I like to call it “Alice Cooper Royalty Bump Day”, has come and gone. School’s out for summer and there are four citizens of this household that could not be happier. Ridiculous heatwave, notwithstanding. This past school year was the worst ever. And I went through some […]

Filed Under: Dad Schmidt, Deep Schmidt Tagged With: Covid, HUB, mental health, school

Why Did I Have Kids?

May 26, 2020 by acrockofschmidt 2 Comments

vintage drawing of kids playing around a fire

Why did I have kids? I suspect this question is asked a lot more often than usual these days. Self-isolation and home-schooling have thrown most parenting routines for a loop the last two months. Even stay-at-home parents are uttering exasperated, “I didn’t sign up for this shit!” Or, in the case of veteran at-home parents […]

Filed Under: Dad Schmidt, Deep Schmidt Tagged With: daycare, heroes, kids, parenting, reproduction

So This is Imposter Syndrome

October 25, 2019 by acrockofschmidt 4 Comments

44R jacket. Matching 34/32 slacks. Complimentary 17 dress shirt. Vibrant, yet professional, tie. I’m a time bomb? Okay, not exactly, but considering I put it together in under an hour at Value Village while retaining current-century fashion sensibilities is worthy of a little fist bump. Such was my Friday afternoon last. An unforeseen, panicked shopping […]

Filed Under: Dad Schmidt, Deep Schmidt Tagged With: Imposter Syndrome, interview, Job, stay-at-home-dad, work

13 Bits of Advice for Future Stay At Home Dads

February 1, 2017 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

A few weeks from now I mark my ninth anniversary of being a stay-at-home dad, or SAHD if you’re really into horrible acronyms.  That is damn near a decade!  I’m also well past those demanding first years of my children’s lives, those years before the glorious respite that is grade school.  The ones that society […]

Filed Under: Dad Schmidt Tagged With: fatherhood, homemaker, kids, parenthood, sahd, staty-at-home dad

An Awesome Mother’s Day Gift

May 8, 2016 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

Today is Mother’s Day, the one day out of the entire year we endeavour to do what we should already be doing on a near daily basis; thanking, honouring, and rewarding those women who gave us life and unconditional love.  It is also a day where I am most grateful for our public education system […]

Filed Under: Dad Schmidt, Yummy Schmidt Tagged With: food, gifts, kids, moms, Mother's Day, recipes, school, teachers

I’m Too Freakin’ Old School At Parenting

February 29, 2016 by acrockofschmidt 1 Comment

I’ve now been parenting for nine years, most of that time as the at-home parent, which I think makes me a veteran.  And likely an expert, though current results may undermine such a bold assertion.  Whatever the case, one thing has become abundantly clear to me over that time period.  I’m bloody old school.  Not […]

Filed Under: Dad Schmidt Tagged With: attendance, minor hockey, parenting, school, vacation

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