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The New York Times Home section is doing a story on bad behavior at family gatherings. They are particularly interested in hearing from divorced dads. If you have a story to share, we’d love to hear from you. E mail jwadler@nytimes.com. November 1 is the deadline. Thank you for your help.
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New Books for Dads this week: The Baby by James Briggs
October 7, 2009 – 10:14 am
Something about The Baby says it’s probably more autobiographical than the author is letting on. The author is English. The main character is English. His girlfriend is French. The girlfriend in the book is French. A you might find that a bit distracting since you’re reading what feels to be of very much true-to-life story [...]
FTC Rules Blogs Must Disclose Gifts or Pay for Reviews
October 6, 2009 – 3:51 pm
GreatDad.com has always posted our policy toward products and gifts featured in our reviews. At one time, the only things that we reviewed were things my wife and I had brought home from the baby store or were given to us by friends and family. Over the years, companies have started sending less products to [...]
Five major trends from the ABC Kids show 2009
October 5, 2009 – 1:30 pm
After six days in Vegas (3 days beyond the USDA recommendation), you’d think I would have learned a few things. And, yes I have. Some are mega trends, some are minor trends, but here are five things you couldn’t avoid noticing at this year’s big baby and kids show. 1. The first major observation was [...]
Conde Nast To Close Gourmet, Cookie, Modern Bride, Elegant Bride
October 5, 2009 – 12:28 pm
That’s a shock. I’ve always found Cookie to be so aspirational as to be useless and depressing, but I’m still sorry to see it go because it did provide a platform for a lot of small company products that got some good PR out of it. WIth Child gone, that leaves only Parents as a [...]
More fun than a barrel of monkeys? Will Ferrell to become a dad for third time.
October 2, 2009 – 8:06 am
People Magazine reports that the former Saturday Night Live star and his wife, Viveca Paulin, are expecting a third child. The star, 42 and Ms. Paulin, 40, already have two sons, Magnus, 5 ½, and Mattias, 2 ½. The third child is expected to be a boy. You’ve got to hand it to the mom. [...]
How evolved are you? New book for kids tells all!
September 25, 2009 – 10:12 am
The Giant Timeline is a new book out by a new publisher, Charlie’s Playhouse, which makes books and toys to teach kids about evolution and natural selection. The Giant Timeline is an 18 foot long unfolding book that takes the reader through the past 600 million years of history of life on this planet. The [...]
Colin Farrell to be a dad for second time.
September 23, 2009 – 1:25 pm
This time it’s Farrell and his Polish girlfriend, Alicja Bachleda-Curus. Farrell already has a six-year-old son, James, with Canadian model and ex-girlfriend Kim Bordenave. But this time, he says he’s playing for keeps and is ready to commit. The couple, or at least Farrell, has bought a 1.5 Million pound house in Poland where they [...]
Geeky dads make mini video arcade game
September 23, 2009 – 1:14 pm
These guys are too geeky to believe, but it puts my great dad credentials to shame when I see guys building custom stuff like this for little kids. Add this to the list of home projects I know would add immeasurably to children’s memories, but which I lack the competence, or motivation, to ever bring to completion. This is one tiny video game machine.
Reusable wet bags from Planet Wise and Itzy Ritzy
September 22, 2009 – 10:40 am
We’ve been using these Planet Wise wet bags for about a year to tote wet bathing suits around after every swimming lesson or pool event. The voting is unanimous. My wife, who usually doesn’t like more “stuff” thinks they are great. They are reusable and long lasting, and come in 14 color styles Since these [...]