My youngest’s bio on Facebook. Why I love him.
I’m a pretty laid back person. Unfortunately, I’m a person who wears their heart on their sleeves.
I’m the son of an awesome father, Todd Jordan, who really cares for me. Also, an awesome loving mother, Sharon Jordan, who cares for me just the same. Without these two [...]

Do you remember when the Christmas toys were new and exciting, even after Easter? Those were the good old days when a favorite toy lasted beyond the current TV season.
Like many parents, I try to get gifts each Christmas that will have staying power. Invariably, some of the toys don’t live up to the hype. [...]

Tiger Woods is just the latest example of a sports star gone astray. Their face is peppered across all media outlets and the publicity is [...]

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 [...]

While teaching a daughter about social graces, a dad realizes that none of us learned them intuitively. We all had to start with the basics, and some of us picked them up faster than others.

This weekend I spent a good number of hours watching the original Scooby-Doo cartoons with my daughter.  Of all the shows that I loved as [...]

You don’t have to deserve your mother’s love.  You have to deserve your father’s.  He is more particular…. The father is always a Republican towards his son, and his mother’s always a Democrat. ~Robert Frost
The Mystery
My husband, “Jay”, had this crazy idea that my children obey my every command, that my toddler doesn’t lie flat [...]

About Two years ago, when I was out shopping, I ran across an amazing rocking unicorn.  If you squeezed its ear, it came to life.  The head bobbed, the mouth moved, and it made horse sounds.  There was the clip-clop of hooves and a good, spirited neigh.  I was captivated by the thought of my [...]

By Danny Guspie
This is my personal story and journey.
The first year that that my wife and I were separated was by far the most difficult [...]

My daughter is six. She’s having a bit of trouble fitting in at school, and frankly, with us. I know the reason, though. She’s going to be famous.
It’s true. I can tell. She’s creative, a true outlier, someone who doesn’t even know there is a trend, let alone that she’s bucking it.
And she’s [...]

Reading Joe’s post about making family first got me thinking about some of the life lesson’s that I’ve been trying to imprint on my kids…    And one of the secrets in our family is having kids who have control over their attitude.
My guess is that most parents can relate to having a two-year old [...]

Bullies have been a part of childhood for centuries, but their reigns of terror are swiftly becoming short-lived these days thanks to all of the bully awareness and Anti-Bully prevention programs that exist today.
Obviously, it’s impossible to totally prevent bullying but we can always improve how and when we intervene whenever it does take place [...]

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 [...]