Is My Marriage Solid?
I just came back from having a few drinks with a close friend. We didn’t know each other five years ago - we met when our oldest children were in kindergarten together - and have managed to build a strong friendship since then. It always amazes me how difficult it is to form close friendships [...]
Review: SecretBuilders.com
SecretBuilders is a virtual world game going after the kids market currently dominated by Disney properties like Club Penguin and ToonTown, on the one hand, and commercial tie-in sites like Webkinz on the other. My boys (6 and 9) like to play games online. Unfortunately, the games they like to play aren’t always the [...]
Book review: Eat, Shrink & Be Merry!
The first thing I realized when I took at look at Eat, Shrink, and Be Merry was that this wouldn’t be a book for guys. The tagline of the book reads “Great-tasting food that won’t go from you lips to your hips”. I mean please.
Then I realized that while my hips were fine, [...]
Becoming a Man: A Father of Boys watches “Twilight”
Twilight has a major following among teen and tween girls (like my 12 year old niece who spent all Thanksgiving plowing through the books or my 17 year old niece who went to a midnight showing when it opened and told me it was “incredible”), but I think it’s also a movie that boys and [...]
Wee-Web, A Family Social Network?
In this day and age, many a social networking site has sprung up. A few of the most popular are Twitter, Facebook and Flickr. There’s a new player in town though that brings us elements of all three with a touch of blog thrown in, wee-web.com.
Wee-web is all about your creating [...]
LeapFrog Hops Up to the Didj
I was sent a LeapFrog Didj to evaluate, for my six year old daughter. She was already a Leapster user, and enjoyed it, but she’s clearly getting a bit too old for the content there. She aces all the games, and that’s no fun- not being challenged. So, getting into the Didj was a cool [...]
Find Free Places to Eat for Your Kids with KidsMealDeals
As parents, we’re always looking for ways to save a buck when it comes to eating out with the family. This has become especially important these days because of the current state of the economy. The more kids you have, obviously the more that restaurant bill will be. That’s why it’s critical to know which [...]
5 Mystical Bedtime Books
Adjustafresh did a great post on bedtime books back in October, and I noticed a bunch of people commented on it. I found a few new ones there for my older kids, including the hilarious and genuine Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
I thought I’d do another one, this time focused on a different kind of [...]
Worst of the Week: “Dad, dinner sucks!”
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!
As a stay-at-home (and in desperate need of a job) Dad, it’s my job, [...]
Our Favorite Bedtime Books
My wife and I have always made it a priority to read to our children–I’m sure most of you do the same, and yes, I do the voices. I would like to think that this habit has helped lead to our second grader’s ability to read at a 5th grade level. Every night, before bed [...]
What Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Brogan Have in Common
First, we both love superheroes. Second, we both love cereal. Third, we both asked Bill Gates to do the robot. Okay, well those first two are true. I’m writing this while eating a bowl big coffee mug of Kellogg’s Frosted Mini Wheats BLUEBERRY flavor. Yes, you heard me, blueberry. Okay, the label says “blueberry [...]
The BUXX Stops Here!
In this age of financial crisis and mega billion banking bailouts, it hardly seems worthwhile to be concerned with $ 5, $10 or $20 a week. However, if you are a kid, and that 5, 10 or 20 bucks is your allowance, you are allowed to be concerned. More importantly, if you are the proud [...]
Glubble, a New and Safe Way for Your Kids to Play Online
Recently I came across a site called Glubble. Glubble is a FREE parental control system for the FireFox browser that once installed you can have complete control over your kids online browsing experience.
The system is geared for children up to the age of elementary school and may (in my opinion) be pushing it for 5th [...]
Find a Place to Play
Playspace Finder is a resource that mashes on top of Google Maps and gives parents a place to mark down a playground, notate what’s there, provide pictures, ratings, reviews and more. It’s a really great idea (and by great, I mean “simple”).
I did a quick scan of some areas around my house, and [...]
Dads — Take Your Reading With You
If you are reading this blog, you more than likely understand technology, Web 2.0 and actually use the Internet. And if you do, you are may be like me and have a lot of articles and post you really want to read. The problem, not enough time in the day. However, there [...]
iPhone Apps for Kids
I have three kids. My wife, mother and I all have iPhones. This is not a coincidence. It didn’t take long after the introduction of the iPhone to realize that the iPhone was a great tool for entertaining youngsters and buying parents some peace… provided said youngsters are not fighting over the device itself. If [...]
