{"id":49601,"date":"2015-02-17T18:24:45","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T01:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/17\/on-being-a-didactic-dad.html"},"modified":"2015-05-15T11:21:20","modified_gmt":"2015-05-15T17:21:20","slug":"on-being-a-didactic-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/17\/on-being-a-didactic-dad.html","title":{"rendered":"On Being a Didactic Dad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I must confess, I have tried to take Calvin&#39;s Dad as an inspiration for my own Daddiness &#8212; at least when it comes to explaining stuff to <span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a class=\"proflink\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/103453067516847485667\" oid=\"103453067516847485667\">Kay Hill<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>See also:<br \/>&#8211; Black and white photographs: <a rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/calvin-and-hobbes-comic-strips.blogspot.com\/2011\/11\/calvin-asks-dad-about-old-black-and.html\">http:\/\/calvin-and-hobbes-comic-strips.blogspot.com\/2011\/11\/calvin-asks-dad-about-old-black-and.html<\/a><br \/>&#8211; Where babies come from: <a rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/calvinandhobbes\/1987\/04\/18\">http:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/calvinandhobbes\/1987\/04\/18<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"ot-hashtag\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/s\/%23calvinandhobbes\">#calvinandhobbes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sm2wpreshared\">Originally shared by <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930'>+How To Be A Dad<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Dads: cornering the market on knowing stuff since whenever!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style='text-align:center'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101567376237055633171\/albums\/6116882011575665905\/6116882010022692386'><img src='https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-uPH5BEUDD0g\/VOOHx4xhRiI\/AAAAAAAAd0U\/B1cuKgxkd24\/c0267610-ab94-44e3-83dd-5116b9fcd449?imgmax=660' style='max-width:650px;' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style='text-align:center'>\n<a href='' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url();'><\/a>\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/btNjbo5EAJR'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I must confess, I have tried to take Calvin&#39;s Dad as an inspiration for my own Daddiness &#8212; at least when it comes to explaining stuff to +Kay Hill. 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