Cheesy Alert! This post talks about feelings. You are warned… Normally, when we hear people referring to needs and wants, it’s in conjunction with material goods. I read a blog recently (just yesterday actually) that got me thinking of needs in a whole different light. It’s right here at Big Little Wolf’s [...]
This is somewhat old news, but Aranjuez prison in Spain is designed for family living. At first I thought, well this is an interesting oddity. But, after some consideration, I think it’s more than just an oddity (although it is that, too). This brings up all sorts of questions regarding incarcerated parents and the [...]
We can’t all be Michael Jordan or Mia Hamm. Few of us have those kinds of athletic genes. Of course, that doesn’t stop kids from wanting to participate in sports and it doesn’t stop parents from shelling out gobs of cash for said sports. I found out yesterday just how expensive having an athletic [...]
Alan has hit a major milestone in his reading progress. Or, rather, he is about to hit that milestone. He is on the last book of the second grade Hooked on Phonics reading program. I would also love to give an update on my 6 year old and his reading, but he refuses to read [...]
I wish I had my Kids’ imaginations. I could have written 20 books so far if I had that sort of creativity. Unfortunately, I don’t. I know what it is. As we get older and learn more we become confined by our knowledge. We don’t think outside the box because we know better. That’s [...]
What is it with Parenting magazine that their columnists have to be such a bunch of spoil sports? I seem to read something in that magazine once every week that completely rubs me the wrong way. The most recent of these opinions is that kid’s music, like Raffi, is unacceptable listening material. The assertion is [...]
For 4 years I cut the boys’ hair myself, with a good set of clippers in the kitchen. It was easy and they looked pretty cool with little high and tights. But then the day came when my wife said “They should have a real haircut.” I knew she didn’t consider what I was doing [...]
One thing I hate, among several things, are age restrictions. I dislike most restrictions, and age related ones are among the most arbitrary and useless. There is a term that usually applies only to the elderly – ageism. It’s used most often to describe discrimination toward old people based on their age and perceived usefulness [...]
I wrote an article today for The Dad Jam concerning the question of forced participation in hobbies. Should we, as parents, force our kids to participate in the activities in which we’ve recognized talented? What about when they show interest in an activity only to quit when they discover it’s hard? Should we force them [...]
I was poking around on other blogs this morning doing some commenting and reading when I came across an article that got me thinking. This is it, Busy Dad Blog. The dad is not a professional chef, from what I can tell, but he does seem to know something about cooking. His son came to [...]
I was teaching my boys their reading and math lessons today when I had a feeling. It was the inescapable realization that every parent eventually feels. My kids are growing up, and I will never see this day again. Life is full of happy days, and these are some of the happiest. There are [...]
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