Tag: children

Book Reviews Interviews

Discussing Early Childhood Development with The First 1,000 Days Author Roger Thrurow

Health Musings Travel

12 Dads to Hike 84 Miles for Charity

Parenting Podcasts

Podcast on Dealing with Loss

Health Parenting

My Reasons For Getting a Vasectomy

Parenting Social Issues

Talking to My Children About the Violent World in Which They Live

Parenting Social Issues

My Response to the State of the World’s Fathers Report

Holding Hands with My 10 Year Old Son

Marriage Parenting

Parenting and Infidelity: Thoughts after Watching Shameless

The Best Thing My Wife Did for Me As a New Dad Was… Nothing

Skylanders Trap Team: Toy Review

18″ Star Wars Rebels Action Figure: Toy Review

Merry Stirring Mice: Book Review

Keira Knightley’s Breasts, Image Issues, and My Children

OSMO – One of My Favorite Toys This Year: Toy Review

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Costume: Product Review

The Time of Our Lives On Board the Disney Magic: Cruise Review

Gifts Parents Hate
How often do you watch your child unwrap a present and upon seeing the gift, look over at the buyer and think, “What were you thinking?” As a father to four kids, I have quadrupled those moments. Don’t get me wrong, I love it when adults close to me buy my kids gifts. It’s a […]
Bonding With My Sons Over NBA2K21
Last year, a major bonding moment occurred between my sons (ages 16 & 8) and I. My 16-year-old went to Best Buy and came back with NBA2K20. Other than FIFA, all of my son’s games are action-type games. Not really games that you can sit alongside and compete. So when he showed me the game […]
The Lake ‘N” Pines Motel in Cooperstown: The Perfect Place to Stay With Kids
When you’re vacationing with kids, the place where you sleep needs as much consideration as what you do while on vacation. Because I have 4 kids, not only do I need to find a place where all my kids can sleep comfortably, but I need a place that has onsite activities. The hotel/motel/B&B that we […]
Visiting the Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown
The farm life to a New York City kid is a foreign concept. There is a farm in Queens that is on every NYC school’s field trip schedule, but to see a farm, you must be intentional. Seeing cows, goats, and pigs in the Queens Zoo and Bronx Zoo doesn’t quite show what farm life […]
Visiting Cooperstown’s Hyde Hall
Between 1817 and 1834, a mansion designed by Philip Hooker was built for George Clarke. Clarke was a wealthy landowner who inherited a fortune from his grandfather. Before construction began in 1813, Clarke married Ann Low Cary Cooper, a wealthy widow from a prominent New York family. George named his home “Hyde Hall” after his […]