10.29.08
Thomas Great Race is a fun game for small kids, especially those who love Thomas. The directions are very easy and involve moving Thomas characters up a hill based on correct answers to very simple questions.
Because the questions have to be read, this...
10.29.08
As hard as it is to believe, I actually played with a Betty Crocker Easy Bake Oven when I was about six or seven years old. I was excited to try this out the Easy Bake Oven from Hasbro with my own kids, a four year old boy and eight year old girl. There...
10.27.08
The Cloud B Sea Turtle is a fun addition to the nighttime routine. My kids say it helps them get to sleep because is has a soothing light. I like it because it turns their entire room into a planetarium, with choices of blue or green stars (and a moon)....
10.27.08
We do it. Our family computer sits in the kitchen, screen toward the crowd. I never have to worry about where my daughter is surfing, or what she’s looking at. Of course, she’s only 8. This will change at some point, but I think the findings...
10.24.08
This headline gave me shivers. Whenever I see these stories in the paper, it’s hard not to conjure up images of little babies hurt by those meant to be there to protect them. Often, they haunt me for hours or days after reading. And, if can’t...
10.21.08
This article is getting a lot of attention in the daddy world, and even among moms.
Sorry, no dads.
That’s the message a Clayton Hills father got when he tried to join the activities of the Cloverdale Mommy & Me Meetup group.
Rick Kaselj...
10.20.08
This piece by New York Times contributor Aron Ward was interesting for several reasons. First, I was amazed that he was very frank about his feelings about childcare and the stay-at-home role. It’s neither the hardest thing in the world, nor the...
10.20.08
I often say that I feel sorry for poor folks, many dads, who somehow leave a baby in the back of the car and go somewhere to do errands. “There but for the grace of God,” I think. We all live hectic lives and can be overstressed and do incredibly...
10.17.08
I took the day off today to chaperone my son’s pre-k trip to the Pumpkin Patch. I had two other boys to follow around and it felt like a five hour game of hide and seek. Or to mix metaphors, like they were blobs of mercury and could divide and flow...
10.16.08
Is Motherhood sacred? Is Demi Moore a mother? Is Demi Moore sacred? Are breasts sacred? Is “The Office” sacred? These are all questions being debated with the recent issue of Pregnancy (November 2008) which celebrates Melora Hardin (Jan in...
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