Craig Koplien: Weather or Not

I'm The Dad Of A High Schooler

Story Created: Sep 11, 2008

Story Updated: Sep 11, 2008

I'm The Dad Of A High Schooler

Craig Koplien

email:  ckoplien@todaystmj4.com

On September 2nd, I became the father of a high school daughter.



In total, my wife and I now have 1 in high school, 1 in middle school, and 1 in elementary school.  (There are some photos at the bottom.)

That's 3 daughters who have never given us one bit of trouble.  We are blessed in every sense with girls who are healthy, bright, polite and athletic. 

I can't imagine any dad being more proud of his kids than I am of mine.

But holy cow...high school!

When did I get old enough to have a kid in high school?

When did I get old enough to have a kid at all?!?

I usually still feel like a high school kid myself.

My daughter is going to the same school her old man went to. 

Go Big Red!  Go Big Black!

I picture her everyday, walking up and down the same hallways I used to.

And get this, her locker is about 30 lockers down the hall from where mine was back in the '80s!!

I thought I was so mature back then.

And my parents...well, they were...you know..."parents-age" old.

So now she thinks the same thing, right?  That she's so mature...and that I'm "parents-age" old?!?

When did this happen?

(Come to think of it, doing the math, I'm older now than my parents were when I started high school.) 

My friend and news anchorman dude Vince Vitrano has 1 year old twins.  Our morning traffic goddess Lisa Manna just had a new baby daughter about a week ago.

What happened to my baby girls?

I swear I was changing diapers about 5 minutes ago!

In truth, nothing has been better than watching these kids grow.  It seems there's a new adventure everyday...and something new to be proud of them about.

But boy it goes fast.

I just wish we could slow it down...at least a little.

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