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Pete Gilbert

About Pete Gilbert

Pete Gilbert is really Brian Craig, a stay-at-home dad to three elementary-school aged kids. He has written for Indy’s Child the Magazine and Cincinnati Parent Magazine. He is also co-organizer of Indianapolis Dads Group and a sixth-grade spelling bee runner-up.

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Finding Friends Difficult, Awkward for New At-Home Fathers

September 18, 2023 by Pete Gilbert

If you thought it was hard to ask a girl for her number when you were 21, try asking another grown man for his digits at the playground.

Filed Under: at-home parenting, National, relationships Tagged With: fathers, friendship, humor, stay-at-home parents, work-at-home parents, work-life balance

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Parenting Trends: Today’s Best May Be Tomorrow’s Craziest

July 24, 2023 by Pete Gilbert

Acceptable parenting trends of yore: riding in cars without seat belts and car seats and with people who smoked with the windows up.

Filed Under: National, parenting styles Tagged With: humor, trends

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Pregnancy Scare Makes Appreciation of Small Things Grow

November 7, 2022 by Pete Gilbert

Surgery for an appendicitis puts a pregnancy in jeopardy. “Don’t panic,” her husband repeats to himself, over and over.

Filed Under: babies / pregnancy, health, National Tagged With: fears, moms, pregnancy, spouses and partners

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Raise A Gentleman — We Hope — In 5 Easy Steps

May 9, 2022 by Pete Gilbert

If you want to raise a gentleman, you must be a gentleman, dads, because the boy learns more from how you act than from what you say.

Filed Under: National, parenting advice Tagged With: behavior, humor, manners, role models

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Report Cards, Grades Not Easy for Today’s Kids to Fake

April 18, 2022 by Pete Gilbert

Handwritten report cards made it easy for us to ‘improve’ a grade in our day. Now kids’ every assignment and score is online.

Filed Under: education, National Tagged With: discipline, memories, report cards, school

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Family Marches Into Madness at NCAA Tournament

March 21, 2022 by Pete Gilbert

What happens when you take the kids to an NCAA tournament game? You visit the concessions a bit too much, and pray to avoid chaos.

Filed Under: National, sports, travel Tagged With: basketball, food and drink, humor, travel with kids

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