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Mike Tyson to be a dad for the eighth time
Just a year after the death of his daughter, Mike Tyson to be dad again.
It has been just 15-months since the tragic accident that killed his four-year-old daughter, Exodus.
But Mike Tyson has some happy news to share – his third wife, Lakiha Spicer, is five months pregnant.
The 44-year old boxing champ and his wife married at the Bella Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, just ten days after his daughter had been found hanging from a treadmill cord in the couples Phoenix home in May 2009.
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A Week With My Father – new show on father/son reunions (Video)
Giacaomo Knox is launching a new web show and trying to sell the pilot for A Week With My Father, a new show that explores reunions between dads and sons. It’s an interesting idea, and underscores the importance of the father/child bond.
The first episode features Knox reuniting with his father after 33 years apart. The next episode, already in the Development stage, will reunite a former NBA great who came back from a stroke, and his father.
Check it out in this excerpt and the whole show at: aweekwithmyfather.com.
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“My Parents are Divorced, My Elbows have Nicknames…”
My Parents are Divorced, My Elbows have Nicknames, and Other Facts about Me is a new book by Bill Cochran that helps kids understand that living in a divorced situation might not be as weird as all the other idiosyncrasies a kid might have.
This book, written for kids 4-8, is well-done with good and real examples of the complexity of living in two houses, and the frustrations of not having mom and dad literally on the same end of the soccer field. It even treats the stepmom issue with grace (taking the side of the stepmother, of course).
Not to be overly politically correct, I was disappointed that the parents got stuck in stereotyped roles. Dad can’t cook, mom can’t do math, and mom is better at putting bandaids on. I think I’m pretty good at all three of those tasks. I know it’s hard not to step on a landmine when dealing with these subjects, but I would have liked to see one example that went against 2oth century notions of sex roles.
This might be good book, especially for younger readers, if you’re trying to communicate the “non-weirdness” of being in a divorced famil.
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Fathers Day Book Review- “Reading with Dad”
Someone may have recommended this book to you, or you may even get it for Fathers Day:
Reading with Dad.
A Great Father’s Day Gift for a Dad Who Reads to His Kids
Tuesday June 9, 2009
If you are looking for a Father’s Day gift for a dad who has always enjoyed reading books to his kids, I highly recommend Reading With Dad. While written in verse and designed in picture book format, this is a gift book for adults rather than a children’s book. The text by Richard Jorgensen and the loving illustrations by Warren Hanson celebrate the love between a father and a daughter that is experienced through the act of reading together. Beginning with the father reading to his young daughter, the book continues through her growing up years to the daughter reading aloud to her own children while still continuing to read with her dad. The book ends with her reminiscing,[From A Great Father's Day Gift for a Dad Who Reads to His Kids]
Here’s my review of it:
My daughter got Reading with Dad and as the dad who had to read it to her, I’d have to say that I disagree with this review. The book is written in sing-songy verse and ends with dad dying and the reading of a biblical verse. If you want to spend 15 minutes thinking of how it will feel to watch your child grow up while you get old and die (while reading bad poetry), be my guest. Most of us prefer something more uplifting.
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