I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch to conclude that most people would pick Saturday as their favorite day of the week. For years, Guadalcanal Diary’s “Always Saturday” — a classic one-hit wonder — was my weekend theme song. Now I’m thinking it would be an appropriate tune for dads, as my Saturdays [...]
My wife and I are not the type of parents who enjoy listening to syrupy music recorded for kids. We can’t stand the usual stuff from Barney, Disney or Sesame Street. So we figured if the kids don’t hear it, they won’t know what they’re missing. On the other hand, listening to Los Lobos cover [...]
A chance conversation in a local bakery reminded me of one of my great accidental parenting discoveries. As I waited for my baked goods, a baker noticed the pins on my backpack and asked if I was a fan of Alan Scott, the original Green Lantern. Well, I replied, the Green Lantern kind of confuses [...]
I have to hand it to Shutterfly. They hit me with a product pitch I couldn’t resist. I’ve used Shutterfly to order photos and photobooks for several years. In recent months, I’ve even started to upload iPhone pictures to Shutterfly using the service’s handy iPhone app. (Thumbs up). But I don’t love Shutterfly. In fact, [...]
As parents of small children, now 6 and 2, my wife and I didn’t want to bring a video game system into our house. It was too soon, we figured, and we kept hearing horror stories from parents with kids who became addicted to video games. Heck, I reported a few of those stories. We’ve [...]
As parents, we love it when our kids exhibit a creative streak. Indeed, we encourage creativity by buying crayons, safety scissors and paint. One creative area kids love to explore is photography. Your child will start asking to use your camera around age 4, and most of the time, since he or she usually has [...]
