Posts Tagged ‘ school ’

How A Social Media Guru Helped My Son With His Homework

Dec 20th, 2009 | By Jeff Sass
How A Social Media Guru Helped My Son With His Homework

Thanks to technology, our kids are growing up in an amazing time. Homework assignments that I would have had to use construction paper, crayons and [...]

President Obama’s speech to our children … so what’s the controversy all about?

Sep 7th, 2009 | By Joe Hage
President Obama’s speech to our children … so what’s the controversy all about?

The circumstances of your life … how much money you have, what you’ve got going on at home … That’s no excuse for not trying.

5 Tips For Back To School Basics!

Aug 16th, 2009 | By Jeff Sass
5 Tips For Back To School Basics!

Yes, I am writing yet another “5 Tips” post. This is unintentionally becoming a series (coming soon: “5 Posts About 5 Tips….”) but let’s [...]

It Is OK To Play Hookey (Sometimes…)

Apr 12th, 2009 | By Jeff Sass
It Is OK To Play Hookey (Sometimes…)

Kids love days off from school.  Snow days, religious holidays, hurricane days, water main breaks, power outages… anything to cause them to miss class is [...]

Worst of the Week: School Vote Delayed for Three Months

Dec 19th, 2008 | By chrismarshall
Worst of the Week: School Vote Delayed for Three Months

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!
Last week I blogged about our Elementary school closing. Since that time we parents [...]

Worst of the Week: Homework Time

Nov 14th, 2008 | By chrismarshall
Worst of the Week: Homework Time

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 mentioned last week that Erin (6) was not motivated while participating in actual [...]

How Do You Deal With Rejection?

Oct 23rd, 2008 | By Stu Andrews
How Do You Deal With Rejection?

This week we experienced a moment of heart wrenching sorrow.
Our third little one is heading to school next year. Already, as the Mums and [...]

Worst of the Week: Sons of Anarchy

Oct 17th, 2008 | By chrismarshall
Worst of the Week: Sons of Anarchy

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!

Our family lives in a great subdivision. The neighbors give back your rakes, tree [...]

Volunteer At School

Oct 9th, 2008 | By chrismarshall
Volunteer At School

I love being a Dad. It’s given me so many opportunities that I would never of had if I stayed a bachelor. I’ll be touching on many of those hats here at Dad-o-Matic in the upcoming weeks and months but for now let’s start of with something that every single dad can do and that [...]

Nuts!

Sep 15th, 2008 | By adjustafresh

When I was in grammar school, I didn’t know anyone with a life-threatening nut allergy.  Today, it seems to have become a far more common [...]

What are You Packing for Snacks

Sep 14th, 2008 | By chrisbrogan

Every week, I go to the grocery store and my eyes glaze over as I roam through the food aisles looking for that perfect balance of what my daughter WILL eat and what she SHOULD eat. She’s actually quite good with fruits and vegetables, but buying these at the beginning of the week just [...]