A weekly look at father involvement in education through the Watch D.O.G.S. program of the National Center for Fathering. Join us as we hear from National PTA President Otha Thornton about his vision for the future of male involvement and PTA. Male membership in PTA has risen from 6% to [...]
Art Eddy and Ryan Hamilton talk about making crafts with the kids and possibly having Ryan create video games for his son. Art learns a few things about internet addresses from Ryan as well. They also welcome Rusty and Julie Bulloch on the show to talk about their new show, [...]
“Bulloch Family Ranch” chronicles the dramatic everyday adventures of Julie and Rusty Bulloch, a fun-loving working class couple that juggles multiple jobs to make ends meet. Together, they are the proud “parents” of more than 25 kids. Only two, Amanda and Brodie, are biological. The rest are teens who have [...]
John is a co-founder of Cribsters.com, a site that helps parents find daycare and preschools in their area. There’s also a pretty awesome parenting blog over there as well, which you should totally check out after you read this article. ;) So our little lady (April) is six and a [...]
[amazon asin=1620576112&template=thumbleft&chan=default]Nicole Green, VP of Communication, Carson-Dellosa Publishing, publisher of Summer Bridge Activities Topic: Preventing summer learning loss. Issues: Reading comprehension; multiplication and division; social studies; grammar; character development, and more. [amazon asin=1250035856&template=thumbleft&chan=default]Laura Overdeck, author of Bedtime Math. Topic: Making math fun. Issues: Clever, smart ways to get kids interested [...]
[amazon asin=1620576112&template=thumbleft&chan=default]Nicole Green, VP of Communication, Carson-Dellosa Publishing, publisher of Summer Bridge Activities Topic: Preventing summer learning loss. Issues: Reading comprehension; multiplication and division; social studies; grammar; character development, and more. [amazon asin=1250035856&template=thumbleft&chan=default]Laura Overdeck, author of Bedtime Math. Topic: Making math fun. Issues: Clever, smart ways to get kids interested [...]
We get tips on parent blogging from CHARLIE CAPEN (HowToBeADad.com) and JILL SMOKLER (scarymommy.com) who run two of the biggest dad and mom blogging sites. MARK & BRYAN also discuss kids’ birthday parties. Please excuse the “SPROG AMBIENCE” — there were kids in the studio.
Josh and Shaun discuss the Royal Baby / I was told by Apple Care, that I could walk in and get the part. / Wings is a blatant rip off of Planes, the sequel to Cars. / Smart Diapers / Horror Photos, did they go to far? / Dad captures [...]
Just like every other parent, I don’t have a favorite child (most of the time). However, I’d imagine that the larger the family brood becomes, the more likely it is that you might not be as fond of one or two. It’s just the laws of probability. I’m one of [...]
This week for our Art and Crafts segment here at Life of Dad we are making homemade paper dolls. In my house the girls love Disney Princesses. It seems that each week they have a new favorite. So now they can make a new paper doll each week, which costs [...]