In today’s ever-connected world, where most kids in their tweens and teens have their own cell phone, are parents starting to lose genuine connectivity with each other? There are many situations where technology has taken the place of what used to be good old fashioned face to face communication. Email has become the de facto […]
Don’t Forget Your Older Child When Doing the Simple Things
Last weekend I spent a fair amount of time running to the garden center and putting down mulch around my yard. It’s an annual activity this time of year and you really don’t have Spring without that familiar stank. This year I decided to also plant some flowers in our planters, just because I’m gangsta […]
How Do You Take Unique Experiences and Inspire Your Kids?
I spent roughly the first 16 years of my life in Wyoming. As you may or may not know, there really isn’t much to do in Wyoming beyond watching the grass grow. I moved to the Washington, DC area in high school and haven’t looked back. Living in a major metropolitan area, many opportunities to […]
Sacrifice for Your Kids
Sacrifice. “When I hear people talk about juggling, or the sacrifices they make for their children, I look at them like they’re crazy, because ‘sacrifice’ infers that there was something better to do than being with your children.” – Chris Rock As a parent you often find yourself sacrificing for your kids. However, the quote […]
Teaching Kids to Beer Bong?
Both of my daughters were recently sick and generally feeling terrible. Of course when times like these present themselves, you ultimately reach out for some medicine to help them get through it. My go-to elixir is NyQuil. I swear I don’t know why they continue to tell people they are looking for the cure to […]
One Dad’s Thoughts on the Boston Marathon Tragedy
I don’t shield my kids from the news but I will throttle it back if necessary. I believe in keeping my kids aware of what goes on in the world. I don’t think you should shield them from the realities of the world we live in today. They need to be as prepared as possible […]
7 Tips to Get to ESPN
Ahhhh, the fresh aroma of Spring is starting to float through the air. The smell of just-cut grass, newly planted flowers, and that nose burning smell of freshly laid mulch. It’s Springtime and that means one thing…kids Spring season sports! If your kids are like mine, they are pretty much overextended and participating in multiple […]
How to Leave Your Kids
In a couple of days I’ll be leaving my kids. It’s part of being a parent in the corporate world so I guess it comes with the territory. It still makes it really hard to do though. If you find yourself scheduled to take a business trip and you have kids at home, here are […]
3 Ways Teenage Girls May Surprise You
This week was spring break. My daughters obviously look forward to this time of year as they love any time there is a break from school and extracurricular activities. It gives them an opportunity to breathe easy and just relax before hitting the home stretch at school. My youngest daughter headed to a beach house […]
Paper or Plastic
I often find myself in meetings at work looking around and noticing I’m the only person with a laptop. There may be a conference room full of people with their notebooks, planners, and pieces of paper everywhere but I come in and plop down my laptop. Maybe this is due to the fact my background […]
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