Time Flies When You’re Having Fun
Local dad reflects on how quickly time has gone by since the birth of his children.
Local dad reflects on how quickly time has gone by since the birth of his children.
Rookie Dad recounts Thanksgivings of his childhood and gears up to host Thanksgiving as a grown-up.
Quicksand, volcanoes, haunted houses and more!
Rookie Dad gets a view of the world through the eyes of his kids.
Local dad emphasizes teacher appreciation.
Pros and cons of eligible family pets.
Rookie Dad describes the power of childhood imagination.
Finding the fun in sibling rivalry through song.
Want to feel good about yourself? Play me in a video game.
Dad-to-Dad: How to provide your child with the unique influence of a father's love.
Tales from the school bus and how it helps build character.
When you're a kid, collecting things can be an exhilarating — and sometimes exasperating — adventure.
Sparklier colors and zazzier songs help make the holidays memorable.
One night, way back in some year B.C. (before children), I found myself in the middle of an ugly scene in a graduate school class. What started out as an innocuous discussion about parental influence on education quickly turned into a mother in-law bashing session.
Quick question: Do your kids act differently at school than they do at home?
We own a three-bedroom house. Simple mathematics dictates our two boys should have their own rooms. But were we denying them essential bonding time?
Maybe the heat is getting to me. Or maybe I've watched one too many "60 Minutes" commentaries by famous curmudgeon, Andy Rooney.
One of the things I absolutely treasure about my kids right now is that they are still too young to be affected by anyone else’s definition of "cool." The concept of peer pressure doesn’t apply to them yet.
For us, as for many fathers and sons, baseball is a tie that binds, connecting us through countless hours of watching games together and, during these chilly winter days, keeping the hot stove burning by chatting about things like off-season trades and transactions.
Just for kicks and some sympathy I don't really deserve, I recently calculated the percentage of waking hours that I have spent with one or both of my sons since becoming a stay-at-home dad five years ago.
Who needs a diaper bag when you've got cargo shorts?
OK.! Only 5 things to do before Kindergarten from our Rookie Dad. He shares an astonishing lists of tasks he must accomplish before his son enters kindergarten.
On Friday nights when I was a kid, my brothers and I would charge down the basement stairs and come back up hauling a 30-pound slide projector, an unwieldy six-foot-tall movie screen, and five boxes of slides.
Our Rookie Dad stumps about the importance of fun toys for kids.
Our resident dad shares his thoughts on kids getting older and wiser.
Our Rookie Dad and his brothers share their favorite "dadisms" from their own father and how they've found themselves repeating those famous last words.
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