The Season for Giving: are you modeling a service attitude for your children?
As we reflect upon 2012, a part of that reflection for our family is, “what have we done for others?” Sure, we think about family vacations, time with friends and family, gifts received, health and...
View ArticleDeprivation 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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