My kids think I'm a bad dad in our house on at least one score. I don't let the kids play video games during the school week, and so far, we have not let them have a DS or other personal gaming device. We do let them play on the iPad, again on weekends. However, when it comes to video games, we mostly limit use to multi-player games on the Wii, which luckily are easy to … [Read more...] about Five electronic gifts that are not video games
Beyond biking – three great rides for kids and dads
You don't have to ride a bike to ride. And you don't have to settle for the same old Razor Scooter. There are more options for kids that add new dimensions to the ride. Here are three of our favorites. If you have big halls and flat surfaces, you have to try the Plasmart PlasmaCar. This little guy is just too fun. It's powered on a flat surface by moving the the steering … [Read more...] about Beyond biking – three great rides for kids and dads
My son is reading – oh, no!
My 7 year old son is reading aloud! I should be so proud. Yet, he is reading the prose of Super Baby Diaper 2, another semi-literate installment in the Captain Underpants series. I cringe at every sentence beginning with "Me want…," and yet I'm glad he's reading something other than those other puerile Scholastics "classics," the retelling of Star Wars by Lego characters. At … [Read more...] about My son is reading – oh, no!
Movember comes to an end!
So tonight, my kids helped me cut off my mustache and they are glad to have their dad back again. I just turned 54, so the facial hair that gets you into bars when you're 19, is not what you want to make you look older when you are, in fact, older. But the family had fun with the process since they can't remember the last time I grew my beard out, which about 2004. A friend of … [Read more...] about Movember comes to an end!
Laptop making you infertile?
Add it to the list: no more laptop on your knees if you're trying to have a baby. A new study, published in the medical journal Fertility and Sterility by researchers from Argentina and the U.S., found that semen samples placed a little more than an inch under a Wi-Fi-connected laptop experienced more DNA damage and mobility issues than regular sperm. The samples were taken … [Read more...] about Laptop making you infertile?