MAKE Magazine:
There's a funny thing about dads' toys. Very often, kids borrow dad's supposedly grown-up toys and dad plays with toys designed for a much younger demographic. With that in mind, we present the Gifts for Dads list, filled with stuff that may appeal to more than one generation in your household. And you may also want to che (Read More)
Parent Hacks:
Tracy has submitted countless hacks over the years, and they're always so simple...yet smart. Tracy: I anoint you with the Parent Hacks Forehead Smack of Brilliance!We have a couple of those flushable wet wipe containers from when my kids were toilet training. We fill them up with tissues and put them in the car. They're sm (Read More)
Geekdad:
Books have an incredible hold on us. As kids, they are our first exposure to many strange and different places and unusual, fun (and sometimes scary) creatures. Reading sparks our imaginations and charges our emotions like nothing else. Just witness the incredible draw that the recent film adaptation of “Where the Wild Thin (Read More)
Daddy Types:
Wow. I am just blown away by the incredibly sexist premise and alarming tone of Sally Abrahms' article in Working Mother magazine about supposed changes in divorce and family law. The magazine considers dads' increased involvement in parenting to be... (Read More)
Geekdad:
By Flickr user Caveman 92223Recent psychological research suggests that we tend to remember the brands associated with, not just our youth, but our infancy:Ellis’s team found that student participants were quicker to recognise brand names they had encountered from birth. This was demonstrated by presenting students with a r (Read More)
Submitted by Breebop
from Google Reader:
In the Brother's Grimm fairy tale, "The Old Grandfather and the Grandson," a young married couple has grown tired of the husband's father, who lives with them, and who has become increasingly feeble. They stop inviting him to the dinner table and begin feeding him small portions from a dishpan.One day they watch their sma (Read More)
Geekdad:
Photo by eyeliam; used under CC licenseHere on GeekDad, we spend a lot of time focusing on raising our kids to become geeks like us. That’s a fine and wonderful pursuit, and I can’t say I wouldn’t be disappointed if my kids grew up to eschew the geeky lifestyle. But, as important as that is to me, it’s far less important t (Read More)
Discovering Dad:
Welcome to the November 2009 edition of Discovering Dad Blog Carnival.The Discovering Dad Blog Carnival is a monthly carnival that includes fun and informative posts about unique experiences, perspectives and challenges of being a dad. It also includes posts that talk about the impact of dads on the lives of children, spous (Read More)
Parent Hacks:
We're nothing if not practical here at Parent Hacks. Tell me if this hack doesn't revolutionize bathtime at your house! From John:We've completely eliminated the need for bath toys when traveling (and at home) by conjuring big bubbles from thin air. With baby shampooon my hands (straight from the bottle, it is too hard to g (Read More)
Daddy Types:
JJ Daddy-o Mama just sent this example of what she calls "toddler Hollister hair," and I'm like, they're all the same face!"... (Read More)
Submitted by Koltregaskes
from Google Reader:
Going deeper. Sisters are not doing it for themselves. But then, it shouldn't come as a surprise to discover the Big Sister is not the main baddy in BioShock 2 despite what we've been encouraged to think. After all, this is the series that had you take a golf cl (Read More)
Submitted by Koltregaskes
from Google Reader:
We spend a few hours exploring the new and old Rapture, learning about the new villain, her effects on the city, and what splicers were like before the first game. BioShock was an artistically daring game that explored a lot of mature themes, but among the most important was the idea that utopian societies don't tend to st (Read More)
Dad Gone Mad:
My son and I were lying on the couch last night, watchinghockey and relaxing at the end of a long Monday.“Hey,” I said, “do you want to know what Mrs. Robinson saidabout you at our parent-teacher conference today?”“Did she say I’m awesome?”“Basically, yeah. She said you’re a pleasure to have inclass.”He pumped his fist vict (Read More)
Parent Hacks:
This beats my "just add frozen peas" hack hands down. From Kelli:When I would prepare a meal for the whole family our food was either too hot for our preschooler and toddler or too cold for my husband and me. Because we also have a seven month-old baby, we have cubes of pureed veggies sitting in the freezer (I froze them in (Read More)
Parent Hacks:
Making the abstract concrete. It's a fundamental part of the teaching we do as parents. But how does one take a huge, scary concept such as a father's military deployment and make it understandable for a toddler and a preschooler? Daddy's Tour of Duty Slideshow by Cool Mom Picks View more presentatio (Read More)