30 Dads, 30 Days – Matthew Mancino

We’re less than a month away from Father’s Day, and each day until then, Life of Dad will feature a different great dad.  Today, it’s Matthew Mancino.  In Matthew’s words, here is his bio: I blog about entrepreneurship and teaching kids skills that entrepreneurs need.  I'm working to create [...]

By |2023-02-25T23:49:28-08:00May 19th, 2013|Blog|0 Comments

Unconditional Love

10 years ago God blessed me with a beautiful little girl. I was in a bad relationship to begin with, but I loved that little girl. Her mother and I split up and I met a woman (now my wife) about 3 years after my daughter was born. I fought [...]

By |2013-05-19T15:58:13-07:00May 19th, 2013|Blog|0 Comments

Caution! Parenting will dry you out.

When I first became a dad I suddenly became a germaphobe. I bought a ton of antibacterial gel. You wanted to hold my daughter you had to use the gel first. I was a stickler for that. Plus I was constantly cleaning my hands. Of course after I changed [...]

By |2024-05-30T07:29:06-07:00May 19th, 2013|Blog|0 Comments

Name Dropping… Toddler Style

We live in Los Angeles.  Hollywood.  La-la Land. Even though I have a very LA job, opening up for “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” we live a very un-Hollywood life.  My wife, kids, and I love hanging out at home, or visiting family and friends. Over the three + plus years [...]

By |2013-05-19T14:19:55-07:00May 19th, 2013|Blog|0 Comments

Marguerite Kelly: Fossil or Fuel For Our Kids

Marguerite Kelly has been giving parents advice for 25 years and is a columnist for the Washington Post.  Mary&Melissa take  issue with her advice.  See her column of 5/15/13 and then listen to our show.  http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/on-parenting/whats-keeping-baby-up/2013/05/14/564c41c4-b40f-11e2-baf7-5bc2a9dc6f44_story.html  

By |2013-05-18T20:30:00-07:00May 18th, 2013|Blog|0 Comments

Organ Donation + Childhood Unbound + Improve Family Communication

[amazon asin=0800721888&template=thumbleft&chan=default]Todd and Tara Storch, authors of Taylor’s Gift. Topic:A courageous story of giving life and renewing hope. Issues: Dealing with the question no parent every wants to hear: “Would you be willing to donate your child’s organs?” Overcoming grief at the loss of a child. [amazon asin=1416559280&template=thumbleft&chan=default]Ron Taffel, author [...]

Mornings are My Time You Little ….

I have always been a morning person but ever since my oldest son was born, the mornings have morphed into something different - a sanctuary from the upcoming craziness of the day. During the first year of my oldest son’s life he used to wake up around 4:00 a.m. like [...]

By |2013-05-18T06:46:09-07:00May 18th, 2013|Blog|0 Comments
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