When Chris Hunt’s son needed help, Riley’s mother did what all good parents do – she put his needs first I didn’t see it. Truth be told, I thought everything was fine. But as my son sadly put his head […]
Memoirs of a New Dad
Universal debt
Like his father before him, Chris Hunt gladly makes sacrifices for his son It was the black hours of the early morning and I was shivering. Beside me, wrapped warmly in the blankets he’d ripped from me only moments before, […]
A promise is a promise
Less work, more play: columnist Chris Hunt plans to put parenting first in 2019 I can honestly say I’ve never made a New Year’s resolution in my life. Well, not any I planned to keep. Sure, I’ve heralded many a […]
Meet the master
A meeting with his son’s teacher showed our columnist who was (really) the boss Over the past six years, my son Riley has evolved into a master manipulator. An expert at getting what he wants, he shrewdly employs pleas, […]
Stuffed animals, night terrors and flying feminine hygiene products: Chris Hunt explains how fatherhood has changed him
I’m often asked by friends without children how fatherhood has changed my life. I usually answer with a story, and that story begins with me on what I thought was my deathbed. I’d been bedridden with a brutal fever for […]
Memoirs of a new dad: A time of transition
Watching his young son happily enter kindergarten, writer Chris Hunt came to realize that as a dad, maybe he really doesn’t have to have all the answers.
Memoirs of a new dad: School daze
Chris Hunt ponders the emotional rollercoaster of sending his four-year-old son off to school this fall, and wonders who will better adjust to the transition – parent or child.
A father’s winter of discontent
Could a tough season of defiance and tantrums eventually give way to a fresh new phase of kindness and sweetness? Chris Hunt certainly hopes so.
The Candy Wars
How far is too far when it comes to junk food restrictions for kids, wonders Chris Hunt.
‘Daddy Poo Bum’
Chris Hunt is aghast to discover his ‘little boy’ is quickly becoming a boy who enjoys pushing boundaries and asserting his independence.