A Plea From a Chrystler Dealer, Family and Provider
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 Posted in General Parenting | 3 Comments »This post is a little off topic from my parenting discussions. However, I read this letter and it made me cringe to think that what we own can be taken away from us in a heartbeat. Hopefully this will remind ...
Ducks Quack, Eagles Soar. Choose to Be an Eagle.
Monday, February 9th, 2009 Posted in General Parenting | 2 Comments »I am republishing a story I received in a forwarded email, though I have removed the Comic Sans font and cheesy graphics. This is a story about how you can choose exactly the kind of day, and life, you want ...
Gifts for Dad: The Seven Food Groups of Gift Giving
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 Posted in Entertainment, General Parenting | 1 Comment »It may sound strange, but there's a lot of people out there that think it's hard to find a great gift for the dad in your life. I say that's crazy. If you stick to the seven main gift food ...
Mom Play Versus Dad Play: Why Your Child Needs Both
Monday, December 8th, 2008 Posted in Family Relationships, General Parenting | 6 Comments »I'm sure to hear, "don't throw her that high" or, "hon, you'll pull her arms out of socket," when my daughter and I are playing in the living room. Now I'm always very safe with our two-year old little girl, ...
The Big Game - Six Guys on the Annual Football Journey
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Entertainment, General Parenting | 2 Comments »It's an annual ritual, a time of devolution for the cavemen, our crew of football guys, who spend most of the rest of their year working and changing diapers. The annual trip of the cavemen gives us all a ...
Top 10 Places Your Kid Just Hid Your Stuff
Friday, November 14th, 2008 Posted in Entertainment, General Parenting | 2 Comments »You're missing your remote aren't you? Hey, where's those car keys? The little ones in your life look up to you like you're the greatest thing in the world and want to play with what ever you're using. So if you're ...
It’s Election Day 2008, This is Why I Voted.
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, General Parenting | No Comments »This morning I got to my polling location just before 7:00 am on a drizzly cold morning thinking I'd beat the crowds to do my most important civic duty, vote. Little did I know that at least 300 like-minded patriots ...
American Values I’m Teaching My Kids… And You Should Too.
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008 Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, General Parenting | No Comments »With all the buzz of the election and the core of our country's fundamentals more diluted than ever, now is an important time to take a look at a few of the ideals that made America great. America is based on ...
The Dolly Parton Imagination Library
Monday, October 27th, 2008 Posted in Entertainment, General Parenting | 1 Comment »Congratulations, you're having a kid! Before you even register at Babies R Us, Go to ImaginationLibrary.com and sign up for the single greatest program ever for your little Einstein. Back in 1996 Dolly Parton was looking for a way to foster ...
The Top 5 Things Kids Learn From Presidential Politics
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, General Parenting | No Comments »Right now you can't go into first grade and not be bombarded with political banter. From security to education, the wheels of democracy are in full motion through November. Our kids are listening too, but what are they taking away ...
Teach Your Kids About Life, Build a Fire
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 Posted in Family Relationships, General Parenting | 1 Comment »As a follow up to my post on the Five Dangerous Things for Kids to Do here's just a handful of things your kids (and you) can learn from an evening under the stars building a campfire. You can wrap ...
When Mom is the Target: Protect Yourself from Theft
Monday, September 8th, 2008 Posted in General Parenting, Health | No Comments »Last September, I got a call from a number I did not recognize. Sometimes I'll let unknown numbers slide over to voicemail since I've got just about everyone I've ever known or done business with in my phone, but today ...
Five Dangerous Things For Kids to Do
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 Posted in General Parenting | No Comments »When I saw this video, I instantly realized how great of a job my parents did with my sister, brother and me. We grew up in a rural area where my grandfather gave me my first pocket knife when I ...
Applying the Web 2.0 Concept to Parenting 2.0
Friday, August 22nd, 2008 Posted in General Parenting, Home vs Work | 1 Comment »This is not my blog... This blog is a combination of the template designed by bob, the widgets designed by Matt Mullenweg and others, the backend structure designed by WordPress, plugins designed by hundreds of designers, and content added by me. ...
The Dial-up Modem & Other Things My Kids Won’t Know
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 Posted in Entertainment, General Parenting | 1 Comment »I'm in the technology business and am always pushing the envelop of what's possible online and in my personal "techie" life. This got me thinking, our kids are so lucky they don't know what we had to go through to ...
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