Archives for August 2009

For fathers who have teenage daughters, there may be a way to exercise their money-saving parenting skills and allow their children to engage in a new trend at the same time.According to various news providers such as the Los Angeles Times, one of the emerging trends in shopping is women holding swap parties with their friends. This involves a group gathering together and … [Read more...] about Money-saving parenting skills: Swap clothes

For some fathers and their children, it's all about the music.A new study from the Pew Research Center has found that a shared appreciate of the Beatles' catalogue has helped bridge the generation gap in America. This suggests fathers may be able to combine one of their favorite musical groups with their parenting skills.The researchers for the study state that "there's … [Read more...] about Parenting skills with the Beatles?

According to one columnist, parenting skills can come from the unlikeliest of places, even from a certain television show. Last Friday the eighth season of the USA Network's Monk premiered and in celebration of it a columnist writing for Wired.com explained how the main character has given him insight into the importance of certain parenting skills.Kevin Makice wrote about … [Read more...] about Parenting skill lessons from TV’s ‘Monk’