A couple of weeks ago, we had to buy some shoes for Danni.  Danni is now old enough that she wants to pick her own shoes.  She is HUGE fan of the Disney Princesses and Tinkerbell.  Target had some Disney Princess and Dora shoes in her size on clearance.  She went with the Disney Princess [...]

Ahhh, technology!  As a geek dad I am proud to be totally on top of the tech toys my kids are growing up [...]

I was scanning Twitter last night as I often do when there is nothing much to watch on the idiot box.  As I was scrolling through the main stream of all the people I follow I came across an absolute gem.
Robb Vaules – @infobahn, shared a quote from his son – “Quote of the night [...]

OK, my brothers. When you was solo and needed to get some, you knew the drill. High rep light curls at the gym. New shirt and shave. Slap on some smellgood. Aaawwwww, yeeeaaa.
Wassat? Things have changed? The old tricks don’t inspire business time the way they used to, you say? Well pull up a chair, [...]

The Bush twins wrote a beautiful letter for the Obama girls filled with wonderful advice on how to make the most of their childhood in the Whitehouse and most of all to always remember who their dad really is. Right now everything is incredibly positive and everyone loves their daddy but there will be rough [...]

Welcome to my regular Friday feature, Worst of the Week. As a white, suburbanite husband and dad of two kids, there’s a lot that can go wrong and this entry is all about how to fix it. I hope you enjoy it!
I wrote a few weeks back that my daughter Erin (6) was having trouble [...]

Now why would Dad-o-matic cover something called the Mom Song? Well, first, because it’s a hilarious and spot-on look at the work that our better half does on a daily basis. Of course, many fathers are Mr. Moms so they can really relate to this song too.
I think it’s also applicable to the job all [...]

My wife and I have five children. None are adopted, none are from other marriages, none are the products of multiple births. Just five kids, each born separately to us over the space of about 13 years.
In the time and place where I grew up (suburban Cleveland in the 1970s and 80s), this would have [...]

I should explain. Firstly, please permit me to introduce Beetle, 9 weeks old and the latest arrival at Dungeekin Towers.
Now, I have a game I play with Dungeekin Minor when he stays with us at weekends – with much growling, I tell him I’m going to ‘eat his ears’. Cue screaming, laughter and chasing around [...]

A couple of months ago, Danni started retaining information.  This does not seem like a big deal but it is.  This went beyond her name and age.  Danni can hold conversations.  Although sometimes she has a little attitude attached with it.
A common question Danni gets is her name and age.  Most of the time, people [...]

Rodney Atkins’ “I’ve Been Watching You” is one of my favorite songs for many reasons. One of them is because my six year-old loves singing it at the top of his lungs while watching the video with me. The other reason is because it’s a wonderful song for parents because it brings home the message [...]

I saw this photo on the Chicago Tribune’s Web site today, taken this morning by AP photographer Susan Walsh and couldn’t help but think that of all the heaps of congratulations our new president will get today, as a father, nothing will probably mean more to him than this.

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A few months ago, I took some artistic license with a popular online video to create “Dude to Dad (Changing More Than Just Diapers) feat. Barack Obama.” For me, it was a rally cry for a new generation of dads. My hope was was that it might lead to “change” and I thought [...]

Our daughter Katie has been through some serious pet angst.  She loves animals, but at the same time she loathes being licked or chased.  She gets along with the cat because the cat requires nothing of her, and she only has to deal with him for a few moments at a time.
We are animal people, [...]

I don’t know about you, but the older I get the harder it is for me to keep my mouth shut.  It seems I have [...]

I’ve heard recently about a couple I know who are having some difficulties, the main cause is that they never take breaks away from their kids.
I am the world’s number one fan of my little ones, they seriously rock. They are also 2 and 3 (11.5 months apart), so they can be a touch exhausting. [...]

This has been bugging me for quite a while now. I figure the best place for me to air it out would be this forum. Now, my wife and I are repeatedly told that our children (Maddie is 10 and Joey is 7) are well behaved, polite, and fun to have around when ever they [...]

Welcome to my regular Friday feature, Worst of the Week. As a white, suburbanite husband and dad of two kids, there’s a lot that can go wrong and this entry is all about how to fix it. I hope you enjoy it!
Except for a few minor homework issues, Patrick and Erin were good all week, [...]

Today is the day you just sit back and say “How in the heck did that happen?!”
It’s hard to escape the story of the US [...]

Hello Readers. I am Joey Parshley and its been 3 moths since my last (and first) post. Things have been really busy and I have not been able to post as much as I wanted. Hopefully I will be able to post more frequently.
Well, as many of us have been experiencing, I was laid off [...]

I learned a few days ago that a good friend of mine did something for his son that almost moved me to tears, on the spot. As an infant, he got him his own GMail account.
Of what use is such a thing to persons lacking control of basic bodily functions, you ask?
Well, my buddy uses [...]

In our house hold, Danni has started telling us what she wants to do.  She has been doing it for awhile but it has become more urgent.
“Who wants to go to school?”
“I do, I do, I do” is how Danni responds to everything.
“Who loves Mommy?”
“I do, I do, I do”
You get the picture.
I always like [...]

The Government are frequently heard to proclaim that ‘families’ are the most important thing in life. We all know that a stable family environment is good for the development of happy children.
We also know the statistics – that children in Local Authority Care tend to perform less well in school, garner fewer qualifications and have [...]

If you are a parent, you have probably experienced some variation of “take your child to work day” – you know, the one where your [...]

Welcome to my regular Friday feature, Worst of the Week. As a white, suburbanite husband and dad of two kids, there’s a lot that can [...]