Excerpt from Parking Lot Rules & 75 Other Ideas for Raising Amazing Children by Tom Sturges Chapter 1 EVERY DAY Parenting is a full-time, twenty-four-hour-a-day collection of duties, obligations, privileges, and promises. It is a series of steps we take every day to protect, defend, educate, nurture, sympathize with, mentor, feed, drive around, cheer for, and … [Read more...] about Parking Lot Rules And Advice For Dads – Excerpt from Parking Lot Rules
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iPhone apps part of parenting skills?
For fathers who enjoy embracing new technology when it becomes available, there may be some applications for the iPhone that could be useful as a positive reinforcement for their young son or daughter. Aside from being an innovative touch phone, Apple's iPhone is capable of holding an assortment of games from its "app store," some of which may appeal to a younger … [Read more...] about iPhone apps part of parenting skills?
Bedtime can be bonding time for working dad
Fathers who have a job with long hours may need some creative parenting skills to find a way to have daily interaction with their young child.A child's time with their parent can be a positive force in their ongoing development. One way fathers can ensure this is by reading to their son or daughter at bedtime.When a father reads to his child at bedtime it can greatly impact … [Read more...] about Bedtime can be bonding time for working dad
Cubs’ pitcher talks of daughter born with rare disease
Ryan Dempster, a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, recently opened up to the Chicago Tribune about his new-born daughter and her fight with DiGeorge Syndrome.In the interview, the professional baseball player admitted that the experience has "been rougher than anything I can imagine."The syndrome is caused by a large deletion from chromosome 22, which means that Riley, … [Read more...] about Cubs’ pitcher talks of daughter born with rare disease
Peers Influence Kids Eating Habits More Than Parents
A new study published online in Social Science and Medicine says that parents' eating habits actually have little to do with what kids eat. The national study, which looked at a representative sample of 2291 parents and 2692 children found little similarity between kids' and parents' diets, with just a slight edge moms versus dads. However, the study did show that, … [Read more...] about Peers Influence Kids Eating Habits More Than Parents