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Our 4 year old just asked us “Is that heaven”

Meltdown. Our oldest was two steps away from a complete four-year old melt down in the back seat. Silly us, we had changed the CD to something new and he really wanted to hear the ‘one with the singing’. I started to explain to him that it was still singing, but then thought better of a crash course in logic with an ill tempered and irrational child. Suddenly he stopped and asked “what’s that”? Oh, it’s a cemetery, I responded, it’s where they bury the dead people. “Is that heaven” he asked with a grin on his face and twinkle in his eye.

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The precipice at the end of the school year

At the playground the other day after school I was near some moms. I overheard their conversation where one of them was talking about how their husband didn’t understand the fact that she was dreading the coming end of school. “oh, you have to drive around and run errands with the kids”, she said that he had sarcastically said. Initially my ‘Dad Inequality’ gag reflex was triggered, but then I listened, thought about it and realized that she was 100% correct. Continue reading The precipice at the end of the school year

Whistlefritz: a total immersion language program that kids will enjoy-Giveaway!

Prior to being a dad I taught ESL for two years. I’m a big proponent for children learning a second language ASAP. I also know that the best way to learn is total immersion. The problem with children learning a second language is that they start too late and it isn’t total immersion in some educational instances. Whistlefritz is a learning language program for children. Their Spanish program has been out for a while and we got the chance to review some of their newly released French program.

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Got a funny mess? The Clorox Ick Awards: #Ickies 4/9, 6-10PM ET #SP

Prior to being a dad the biggest mess I experienced were the ones that I made, so they didn’t seem that big. My car or house may have been unsightly-and it might’ve reduced the number of dates that I had, but that was it. Clorox is working with How to be a Dad for an online event all about messes that is part twitter party, video improv and$2,500 in prizes.

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Parenting studies are garbage, unless they agree with me

Strict parenting linked to higher obesity rates in children! Parenting like a Tiger Mom will make your kids obese! A Tiger Mom gives birth in the London Zoo! Wait, that’s a real tiger giving birth to three cubs in the London Zoo. There seems to be a constant maelstrom of parenting nonsense stories that bait headlines more efficiently than Topless Photos of Jennifer Anniston.

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St. Baldrick’s is this weekend-Can you help?

It’s a cliché to say that Cancer sucks, but it does. It’s the world’s worst night club with the DJ only having one song, it’s one you don’t like and it’s being repeated all night. That song is a Cancer cell, a rogue cell that keeps cloning, over and over. If it spreads, or metastasizes then it’s going to other organs and will cause real damage, in many cases terminal. St. Baldrick’s is happening soon, it’s a fundraiser to raise money for children’s Cancer-can you help?

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Closing schools due to cold weather is wrong in Atlanta-here’s why

I live in Atlanta. Atlanta doesn’t get too cold, it’s one of those cities where the schools close when we get an inch of snow under the shade tree in the middle of a field and TV news is covering it. During the recent Polar Vortex, like many other cities in the country school was cancelled. What Atlanta shared with some cities is that school was cancelled simply due to the cold. What about the children who don’t have winter coats was the rallying cry on social media supporting the decision.

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