Lice is part of life, especially for parents of girls in kindergarten through about third grade. At our school, lice checks are always done in the morning, on dry-haired kids. Research, and practical experience, says that lice checks need to be done on wet hair. This is when you can see not only the nits (the eggs), but the actual moving lice which spread the epidemic. … [Read more...] about Dad Tip – Combing Wet Hair May Be Best Way to Find Lice – NYTimes.com
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Older Dads Father Dumber Kids?
This one hits closer to home since I was already 43 when w had our first. A recently released study finds that children of older dads score lower on IQ tests even after weighing socioeconomic factors. Australian and US researchers analyzed test results of more than 33,000 US born children born to fathers between the ages of 14 and 66. The tests included reasoning, … [Read more...] about Older Dads Father Dumber Kids?
From the “There but for the grace of God…” department
Fatal Distraction: Forgetting a Child in the Backseat of a Car Is a Horrifying Mistake. Is It a Crime? The charge in the courtroom was manslaughter, brought by the Commonwealth of Virginia. No significant facts were in dispute. Miles Harrison, 49, was an amiable person, a diligent businessman and a doting, conscientious father until the day last summer -- beset by problems … [Read more...] about From the “There but for the grace of God…” department
Parenting Your Kids Internet Activities
Here's good food for thought on the whole dangerous playground that the internet has become. This dad just turned off his Net Nanny software, in favor of more active parenting. Despite my wife’s initial disapproval, I have removed all forms of net nanny software from the kid’s computer. They now surf unhindered by the arbitrary limits of the ambiguous cyber-morality-police. … [Read more...] about Parenting Your Kids Internet Activities
Parents to Our Parents – What One Daughter Wishes She Had Done Differently with an Aging Parent
When you have kids of your own, you sense the changing of the generations. I hope your parents are young and you have thirty years before you have to think of elder care, but likely they are old enough you have to at least imagine the need some day. This article, written by a New York Times writer specializing in old age issues, still feels she made several mistakes in caring … [Read more...] about Parents to Our Parents – What One Daughter Wishes She Had Done Differently with an Aging Parent