parenting

I showed the Beastie Boys to my grandmother last week, and she loved them.

I didn't really.

But I'm sure she would have loved them if I had.

This is Jaxon Smith. He is six years old! He's already committed a significant amount of his young life to the drums, and can already accompany the Foo Fighters track "Pretender."

Next week's agenda: drawing pentagrams with finger paint.

Grohl is THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST dad.

Think about this the next time you're mad that your parents told you to turn the volume down. It could be much, much worse.

Eventually the son ran away from home and joined a string quartet, where he found fulfillment by playing Dvorak. His father disapproved of his son at first, but then he saw his son perform and realized the true joy of self-expression his son found in the cello, and gave him his blessing in a tearful father-son reunion.