Yesterday was Valentine’s Day, and while Jeff has provided some great ways to avoid disaster today, I wanted to talk about why I didn’t really start caring about it all, until our oldest daughter was born. It’s not that I’m not a romantic, quite the contrary. I think it’s more that, like most men, I [...]
When something like the recent horrific earthquake in Haiti occurs, parents of young kids are left with deciding how to talk to them about it. [...]
Since tomorrow is Halloween, and it’s a Saturday, a lot of you will be carving your pumpkins. Please, don’t carve a boring one. We’re Dad-o-matic [...]
Our youngest daughter turned 20 months old a couple days ago. That’s right, parents of babies celebrate birthdays every month. Not balloons, ponies and clowns [...]
For my baby daughter, and millions of others with food allergies, nuts can be deadly. Not a bad stomach ache, or a rash, they can [...]
I just returned from a family vacation that included two days at Disney World. Our oldest daughter Carly, turned six in February, and this was our present to her. Like most parents of six-year-olds, we are trying to teach her the value of a dollar, and appreciation for the things people do for her and [...]
