The Real Reason for the Wii Shortage This Christmas

At What Age Does Lying About Santa Claus Become Unacceptable?

Ah Santa Claus: that fat jolly ol’ fellow that doesn’t exist unless you count the bearded fat dudes that come out of the woodwork every year to work the local malls.

He is magical and there is nothing like seeing your kids that don’t know any better, talk about him. But eventually someone will blow the whistle on this scam and they will ruin your kids’ yuletide innocence.

If your kids are young when they find out, there is the temptation to outright lie to them. To drag the spoiler’s name through the mud. To discredit what little credibility a 7 year old can build up. Read the rest of this entry »

Where Do You Hide the Gifts?

We are coming up on one of the biggest gift-giving days of the year. And if you have multiple kids, this could mean many presents to hide. I admit, my wife and I spoil our kids, out of our 3 kids, we probably have 25 presents to wrap. But before the big wrap fest you need a place to hide the things.

When you have small children it is much easier to find hiding places. Every year, at my house, my home office located in the bottom floor becomes Santa’s Workshop. I have a door to the room and the kids don’t go in there. It is the perfect hiding place before the kids get adventurous and start exploring.

I remember the rush that I got as a kid looking for and frequently finding my parents’  hiding places. I remember finding my yellow Sony Sports Cassette Walkman hidden in my dad’s sock drawer. Or my first electric guitar sitting behind my dad’s suits in their closet. Read the rest of this entry »

Hot Celebrity Mom: Paz Vega

Paz Vega is the proud mom of a son. Here’s the Spanglish star pregnant and looking hot pre-pregnancy. What do you think noodads: hot or not?

Dad-Author Looking for Input from Other Dads

William Van Winkle, a dad of 2 from Oregon is writing a book called Everyday Secrets for First-time Dads and he needs your help. He is looking for people to register on his site and answer a survey so he can hear from real dads like you and I.

From his site:

Here’s the short and sweet truth: I want to know what you think about parent-related stuff because I’m writing a book called Everyday Secrets for First-Time Dads. This book will cover the things other daddy books miss. All those little taboos. All those “why didn’t someone tell me THAT” things the world seemingly never tells new dads to make their lives easier. A big part of this unveiling depends on survey input from hundreds of people, hopefully including you. Read the rest of this entry »

Hot Celebrity Mom: Katie Holmes

Katie Holmes is a mother of a daughter with actor, Tom Cruise. Here’s the Batman Begins star pregnant and looking hot pre-pregnancy. What do you think noodads: hot or not?

What I Will Tell My Kids About Jamie Lynn Spears

My kids are little, but I am slowly preparing for this kind of conversation when they get older and their Jamie Lynn Spears disappoints them. First, I will make sure that my kids understand that celebrities and athletes are not role models. As fans we expect the celebs we idolize to be all knowing and all seeing. We forget that they are mere mortals just like us (except for Will Smith and Tom Brady and Harrison Ford and Gisele).

The fact is that Britney Spears has made extremely questionable decisions. She is detached from her family and she has tarnished her image. She started out as a clean cut, all-American girl in a similar to Jamie Lynn’s current image, but her popularity, power, paranoia and cash got to her and she more or less went off the deep end.

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What Do You Call a Baby in A Blender?

Found on BoingBoing, here is a baby tub, called Tummy Tub, sold in Europe. According to their website, they are looking for a US distributor. Maybe Cuisinart?

Seems like a great, safe idea so your kid doesn’t drown but what ever happened to a good ol’ fashioned spray down with the kitchen sink hose?

[Thanks to Paul, for the tip]

Dad Finds Game for Son, then Sells it as Punishment

This guy is the real Guitar Hero. This is a story about a school teacher that found a copy of the hard-to-find game, Guitar Hero 3 for his son. This awesome dad found it, bought it, and was psyched to give it to his son for Christmas.

But when he came home one day and found his beloved offspring smoking pot with his friends in the backyard, he did something amazing: he sold that game on eBay instead of giving it to his son.

“So I was so relieved in that I had finally got the Holy Grail of Christmas presents pretty much just in the nick of time. I couldn’t wait to spread the jubilance to my son,” the father wrote on eBay. “Then, yesterday, I came home from work early and what do I find? My innocent little boy, smoking pot in the back yard with two of his delinquent friends.” Read the rest of this entry »

Child Abuse: Keep Away From Clowns

Here’s some advice. If there is a clown that looks like he could be a psycho serial killer, don’t let him hold your kid. I’m just sayin.