http://www.examiner.com/x-9453-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner?cid=exrss-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:51:24 -0700 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:16:38 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-9453-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m10d10-Family-friendly-Halloween-movies?cid=exrss-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner "Abbott and Costello Meet Franksenstein"   Photo:  Universal Studios (c) 1948Halloween is a great time for scary movies. It’s also a great time for little kids. However, "Zombieland," a very good movie, deserv... Halloween Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:16:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9453-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m10d10-Family-friendly-Halloween-movies?cid=exrss-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9453-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m9d9-Preventing-Teenage-Suicide?cid=exrss-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner    What they were saying on the street last year was that there was a suicide epidemic at Schenectady High School.  And it was true that four students at the high school committed suicide. Common sense tells you that suicide ... Suicide Prevention Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:12:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9453-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m9d9-Preventing-Teenage-Suicide?cid=exrss-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9453-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m9d3-in-defense-of-comic-books?cid=exrss-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner TM & (c) Marvel Characters, Inc., All Rights Reserved When I was in the third grade, my teacher made no secret of her disapproval of comic books. Personally, I read them. And had been reading for them for years. I didn’t mention it to ... Thu, 03 Sep 2009 06:02:18 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9453-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m9d3-in-defense-of-comic-books?cid=exrss-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9453-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m8d17-Take-me-out-to-the-ball-game?cid=exrss-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner David Wright Photo:  AP“Take Me Out to the Ball Game” is an old song whose lyrics haven’t aged much. One of the last major scheduled events of this year’s summer vacation was taking the kids to see the struggling New York... Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:52:46 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9453-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m8d17-Take-me-out-to-the-ball-game?cid=exrss-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9453-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m7d27-Take-your-kid-to-a-rock-concert?cid=exrss-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner Green Day "21st Century Breakdown"I took my fourteen year old son to see Green Day at the Times Union Center on Saturday, July 25th. It wasn’t an experience I was looking forward to, initially. I wasn’t real familiar with Green ... Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:28:52 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9453-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m7d27-Take-your-kid-to-a-rock-concert?cid=exrss-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9453-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m7d23-Albany-park-playhouse-presents-disneys-high-school-musical?cid=exrss-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner Cast of High School Musical, used by permissionEvery year, the Park Playhouse in Albany features a production of a well-known stage musical under the stars in Washington Park. The Albany Park Playhouse’s twenty-first consecutive production at i... Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:25:56 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9453-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m7d23-Albany-park-playhouse-presents-disneys-high-school-musical?cid=exrss-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9453-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m7d16-Everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-comic-book-movie-adaptations-but-were-afraid-to-ask?cid=exrss-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner TM & (c) 2009 Marvel Characters, Inc.All rights reservedUnless you’ve been living on another planet (not Krypton, of course, it blew up years ago), you’ve no doubt noticed that your local multiplex has for some time now been dominated... Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:09:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9453-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m7d16-Everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-comic-book-movie-adaptations-but-were-afraid-to-ask?cid=exrss-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9453-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m7d14-Buying-groceries-for-a-teenage-boy-without-bankruptcy?cid=exrss-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner Used by permissionFeeding a teenage boy is terrifying. You don’t want to stand between your adolescent son and food; on the other hand, unless you’ve gotten a hold of Donald Trump’s checking account PIN, this is a seriously expensiv... Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:17:59 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9453-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m7d14-Buying-groceries-for-a-teenage-boy-without-bankruptcy?cid=exrss-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9453-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m7d14-Applying-for-college-financial-aid?cid=exrss-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner Used by permission.A famous cartoon by Warren Miller appeared in The New Yorker in 1986 showing two beaming parents, each wearing only barrels, as they proudly stand with their new college graduate. Parents of high school students typically dread the... Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:31:26 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9453-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m7d14-Applying-for-college-financial-aid?cid=exrss-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9453-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m7d8-Getting-teenage-boys-to-read?cid=exrss-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner Photo by hortongrou.  Used by permission.It is not true that teenage boys don’t read. It is often true that it is difficult to convince them to read. TV, computers and video games provide daunting competition for the written word. Well-mea... Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:19:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9453-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m7d8-Getting-teenage-boys-to-read?cid=exrss-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9453-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m6d25-Basic-family-court-proceedings?cid=exrss-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner Photo by eme, used by permissionAs we discussed in a previous article, there are really two places legal issues concerning your children can be resolved. If a divorce action has already been commenced, issues of child custody, support, and visitation... Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:42:34 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9453-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m6d25-Basic-family-court-proceedings?cid=exrss-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9453-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m6d19-Your-first-appearance-in-family-court?cid=exrss-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner Photo by karenr, used by permission Just because your marriage or relationship has broken up doesn’t mean you have to lose your relationship with your children. You do, however, need to be prepared for change. You also have to be prepared ... Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:09:23 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9453-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m6d19-Your-first-appearance-in-family-court?cid=exrss-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9453-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m6d19-Start-applying-for-colleges-early?cid=exrss-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner  Harvard University used by permission You don’t want to be one of those unfortunate parents who are going to try and tour three colleges in a single weekend in your kid’s senior year in high school. Those weekends are rushed, s... Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:27:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9453-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m6d19-Start-applying-for-colleges-early?cid=exrss-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9453-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m6d19-College-applications--apply-early-and-often?cid=exrss-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner photo by bjearwicke, used by permissionParents are often concerned about the cost of applying to multiple colleges. This is one area where costs have not kept up with inflation. Fifty dollars remains a typical application fee, up little, if at all, f... Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:24:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9453-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m6d19-College-applications--apply-early-and-often?cid=exrss-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9453-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m6d2-How-your-daughter-can-survive-a-dateless-prom?cid=exrss-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner Photo by bjearwicke.  Used by permission.My daughter recently came home from school, and I asked her how her day had been. It was pretty clear from her face that the answer was not good. It turned out that her prom date had told her in the hallw... Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:15:51 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9453-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m6d2-How-your-daughter-can-survive-a-dateless-prom?cid=exrss-Capital-District-Fatherhood-Examiner