Deprivation and the Savage Child
mod·er·a·tion [mod-uh-rey-shuhn] noun 1. the quality of being moderate; restraint; avoidance of extremes or excesses; temperance. When we think of moderation, the first thing that comes to mind for...
View ArticleChild Safety: don’t let your guard down!
Safety for our children is among the number one concern of parents. Yet, time and time again, I am witness to some really bad choices made by parents. Whether it’s letting your 6 year old roam the...
View ArticleSmoking is so uncool. Until now.
It has taken three generations of anti-smoking campaigns to finally make smoking uncool. My son (age 7) asks, “why would someone do that? It seems kind of stupid.” I laugh and think to myself, “what...
View ArticleStay-at-Home Dads Talk Breadwinner Wives, Leaving the Workforce
I was recently interviewed by Emily Co, writer for the website PopSugar. Along with a fellow SAHD from the Chicago area, we offered some insight into the life of a stay at home dad with breadwinning...
View ArticleDon’t Dis Dads: How Smart Marketers Engage Modern-day Fathers
It’s refreshing to see that marketers are quickly realizing that dads (especially those that stay at home and do the majority of shopping and household decision making) are a huge, upcoming market...
View ArticlePart 1: Becoming a SAHD and Facing the Resume Gap: tough decisions ahead
I recently was contacted by one of my readers asking for some advice and insight on the decision to become a stay at home dad and re-entering the workforce after years of full-time parenting. These...
View ArticlePart 2: Closing the Resume Gap – back to work (sort of)
I just reposted a blog entry I wrote a little over a year ago with some concerns and questions about being a stay-at-home parent and whether or not to go back to work. My son is now starting 2nd grade...
View ArticleShould Schools Ban Homework?
Huh? Ban homework? When I first read Should Schools Ban Homework? in the CNN Opinion section I thought, with the current state of our educations system, the idea of no homework is absurd, but change is...
View ArticleAdapting to Our World: will an online degree plus experience and skills be...
Some thoughts and opinions based on the Webucator.com blog To College or Not to College – the Million Dollar Question, written by Dave Dunn In the 1990’s, MBA’s were all the rage, costing upwards of...
View ArticleRaising Future Leaders: lessons from a Duke University sports psychologist
I had the fortune and opportunity this morning to sit in on a presentation about sports and leadership for parents of high school students, given by Greg Dale, sports psychologist for Duke University....
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