30 Days to Becoming a Better Parent Day 2: Balance Out Your Life Today we are talking about balance, and I am not talking about the scale that you used in your high school biology or chemistry class. To be a parent one must find balance within their lives. Not [...]
Millions of words on tens of thousands of blog posts by earnest and frustrated and sentimental and hilarious bloggers have already been spilled about parenting but our community is able to describe the curiously maddening yet glorious job of parenthood in just three words. We are kind of fond of [...]
30 Days to Becoming a Better Parent Day 1: Find Your Inner Parent When you were growing up did you see yourself in the future as a Mom or as a Dad? Did people say to you, you are so good with kids, or did they make sure that their [...]
These days, the wildly popular stand-up comedian is staring in a set of hilarious new Chrysler commercials and has also been see donning the Colonel Sanders get-up for KFC, but 3 years ago Jim Gaffigan sat down with our own Art Eddy for a fun conversation about parenting, work life [...]
Here is a sticky subject I'm pondering. What does it mean to be a father, and more to the point, a father to a daughter? As men we are hardwired for ruggedness, outdoorsy stuff, and a typical lack of emotional empathy. So how do we bridge that gap when [...]
Amazing parent/child moments can happen anywhere from the beach to the grocery store to the local zoo! We wanted to know about some favorite places dads and moms like to take their kids -- so we asked them! Here's the best of what we heard from the real dads and [...]
"I'd never let my kid leave the house looking like that." How many times have you had that thought, maybe even turned to somebody else and said it out loud? It might have been a purple mohawk or an inappropriate T-shirt. Maybe it was one of those [...]
Tampa has recently changed out their one-meter-for-every-parking-space, for a more efficient setup. There is a kiosk about every block or so, where you can enter your space number and purchase however much time you may need. Some security barricades like the ones at Protogetic are also installed for additional [...]
Being homeschoolers, we have our hands right in the mix of our daughter’s education. Not only are we her parents, for better or worse, we are also her educators. This may not be an ideal choice for parents since some don't have the time to properly educate their [...]
Photo Courtesy Autism Speaks. In 2013, with the publication of the DSM-5 Diagnostic Manual, several subtypes of autism were combined into the single diagnosis Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). While autism is all too common, the population afflicted varies greatly. Some function at a higher level than others and [...]
