A self employed, stay at home dad gives you the straight dope about parenting, kids, love and life. Parenting tips, tricks and adv..
| Home | My Account | Directories |
The Wake Up Call – Learning to Control My Temper So My Daughter Doesn’t Throw Me to The Wolves
Summary: Simple things like loosing your temper have far more impact of your kid than you think. About four weeks ago I’m at Silver Spur having our pre Saturday adventure breakfast with my daughter and her friend. I’m checking some schedu
Killing One Surfboard With Two Stones
Summary: Sometimes Redirection Makes a Bad Situation Worse. So I’m at Capitola Beach picking up my daughter after Junior Guards because it’s Wednesday, which is laundry day. This means I take over daughter scheduling duties because, as the name implies, my partner is doing laundry instead. Because it’s Wednesday. Which is laundry day. But it’s [...]
Wild Child – Horseplay and Roughhousing Should be Encouraged as Much as Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic
Summary: Encouraging Kids, and Especially Girls, to Explore Their Physical Boundaries and the Importance of Horseplay, Roughhousing and Goofing Around to Their Development. It’s Saturday morning and my daughter and her friend are sitting across from me at our favorite breakfast hangout Silver Spur. We’re sitting at the only table that has a wooden bench. [...]
