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Chances are, by the time you’re starting to feel a little awkward being naked in front of them, that’s the time to start closing the door and covering up. Opinions differ on what age this, but a new study by UCLA that tracked kids over an 18 year period has reassuring news for bashful parents. The study found that 75% of the kids three to six years old saw their parents naked on a regular basis, and that there was no residual “trauma” to them having seen mommy and daddy private parts.
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And the world’s oldest first-time fathers are…
June 30, 2009 – 8:09 am
Italian men become fathers at a later age than any other nationality, and do little or nothing to help their wives once their babies are born, statistics office Istat said Thursday. Italian men have their first child at an average age of 33, compared with younger than 31 for fathers in Spain, France and Finland, Istat said. Part of the problem is that many Italian men live with their parents for longer than elsewhere in the world, with 40 percent of 30-34 year-old Italian males still staying at home.
Obama devoted much of the Friday before Fathers Day to talk about importance of parenting
June 22, 2009 – 2:19 pm
I hope we can all be inspired by Obama’s message about the importance of dads in the lives of their kids. Some men take their own personal experience and triumph over adversity as an example of how all kids should pull themselves up despite the lack of the same advantages most of us take for granted. I like the fact that Obama speaks plainly about how the pain of going without a present father and that he was lucky to overcome it. Obama says prime goal was ‘to be a good father’ President tells East Room audience of his absent dad’s impact [From Obama says prime goal was 'to be a good father' - baltimoresun.com ]
News flash: American kids eating better; my kids still the same
June 16, 2009 – 8:49 am
That finding, reported by The Journal of the American Medical Association, has been greeted with guarded optimism, and it remains unclear whether efforts to limit junk food and increase physical activity in schools have had a meaningful effect on the way children eat.
…We weren’t really worrying about milk, since they eat a lot of cheese and often have cereal, but I think I was also laboring under the weight of my own delusions that kids still get milk in school like they used. Sure, they kept those little 4 oz cartons of milk on the radiator and they were often disgustingly lukewarm by the time we got to them, but at least we were being forced to drink milk two to three times a day.
Rats – Again we didn’t make the “List of famous dads Americans want to see in their underwear”
June 15, 2009 – 7:21 pm
And the winners are: Brad Pitt – 29% Matthew McConaughey – 24% Hug Jackman 16% Will Smith – 16% Barack Obama – 13% The survey also actually queried whether people thought Obama would want boxers, boxer briefs or briefs as a gift for Fathers Day. … I actually don’t recall getting the nomination form for this survey, which may explain why the list is so full of “non-surprises.” I gotta say, though, that since Bill Clinton, made the question “boxers or briefs” so important to the country’s future, I really don’t want to ponder Mr.
Pick your kids’ friends based on what they eat says new study
June 12, 2009 – 1:38 pm
A new study published online in Social Science and Medicine says that parents’ eating habits actually have little to do with what kids eat. The national study, which looked at a representative sample of 2291 parents and 2692 children found little similarity between kids’ and parents’ diets, with just a slight edge moms versus dads. … The study did not try to analyze why parents’ and kids’ diets don’t resemble each other more, but suggests that parents aren’t doing as good a job as they should to not only show good eating examples, but get kids to actually follow them.
11% say waiting on economy to have children
June 10, 2009 – 1:32 pm
Eleven percent of Americans surveyed said they planned to postpone marriage, and the same number said they are waiting to have children, according to the survey by legal website FindLaw.com.
… Most people however, 84% in the same study, say that the economy will have no effect on major life decisions. Bravado or reality, the truth is that marriage rates have been dropping from 2000 to 2007 and birth rates also were down in 2008 versus 2007 (CDC).
GreatDad listed among “Digital Influentials” by Cory Treffiletti – MediaBizBlogger
June 4, 2009 – 9:21 am
A little over a year ago I started writing this column because people were always asking me what I thought was cool, which is quite ironic when you get to know me and realize that I’m pretty much not cool. … After a year I can say that in some cases I helped and in some cases I didn’t, but along the way I came to realize that it’s not the outcome or the destination that counts, but more the excitement of the journey itself. … Hopefully when you read this column you become inspired to do the same, and if you do, please send me a note and let me in on the secret so we can share it with the rest of the readers and discover the new together!
Should stay-at-home moms expect dad to share in the housework?
June 3, 2009 – 3:36 pm
Some of the moms who commented are very militant about it being dad 50/50 once he gets home since he makes 50% of the mess and only works 8 hours while mom works 24/7. … They might not do 50% of the housework if their wife is staying at home, with all the sacrifice that implies, but most men today are “pulling their weight,” even if that doesn’t mean cleaning 50% of the toilets. … If one person wants to stay at home and part of that is financial cutbacks for cleaning help, who should bear the extra housework burden The more families discuss it beforehand, the easier it will be once they are in the thick of it.
Help me understand how this helps anyone: Ill. dad gets jail for son’s skateboarding death
May 20, 2009 – 3:10 pm
Even if he did know, I would think the judge would have to either say he was basically not competent to do anything rather than try to “punish” him for his stupidity.
…- A central Illinois man has been sentenced to 60 days in jail and 18 months probation for running over his 12-year-old son while towing the boy on a skateboard.
…He says he didn’t mean to say he knew his son was standing on a skateboard and hanging on to a window of Melvin’s car on April 2, 2008.