Posted on 02 11, 2008 under The Manual by
Noodad |
Your kids have noses so you wipe them clean. Your kids have armpits and you scrub them down during bath time. So the fact that your kid has a brand new set of white chompers means that they need them brushed regularly.
No matter your own oral hygiene habits, for your kids, it means brushing every day. Or those pearly whites will turn into pearly browns. The real problem you will discover, is that getting your kids’ interested in brushing their teeth is like getting you interested in the Ya Ya Sisterhood.
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Posted on 12 19, 2007 under Current Events by
foodad |
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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Posted on 10 31, 2007 under Doodads, Technology by
reviewdad |
Kids love computers…and understandably so…they love them for the same reasons you do - they’re shiny, makes funny noises, have lots of blinking lights and let them do all kinds of cool things. If the computer hasn’t become central to your kids’ lives yet, it will soon.
And therein lies a dilemma for you:
You know that computers and kids can be a great combination. They can help make learning fun, encourage self-expression, facilitate problem solving and over a lifetime help overcome barriers to entry into the global workforce. You also know that any delicate (and often temperamental) technology and kids can be a recipe for disaster or at least an expensive service call to Geek Squad.
Computers - especially laptops - were not designed with kids in mind. You don’t want sticky hands all over your nice glossy 15.4 screen and unless you own a Panasonic Toughbook, you’re pretty sure it won’t fare well in an “unplanned drop test.”
So what to do? You either designate an older machine as theirs, hope for the best and patch it back together after an “incident” or nervously hover over yours like a news chopper over a high-speed chase - where it goes you go. Bummer that nobody makes a “kidputer.”
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Posted on 02 07, 2007 under Her by
Noodad |
This article was originally published March of 2006.Although it is for Mother's Day it certainly applies to Valentine's Day as well.
Mother's Day, depending on how much you liked your mother was probably just a quick little obligatory holiday. You called home and told her you loved her. Maybe if you were proactive enough you remembered to send a card or even flowers. If you were like me, once I got married, my wife took over those duties.
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Posted on 12 11, 2006 under Doodads by
Noodad |
It's that time of year again: the time when the coolest toys of the year also become the hardest to find. Your kids are no dummies. They know which toys are badass and which toys aren't. It is by design that the toys they absolutely have to have are the ones that you can't seem to find.
This has been going on for generations. Marketers design product launch programs to prey on chumps like us who will do anything for our little boys and girls come Christmas time. They flood the marketplace with key product placements and targeted commercials. Then they limit the distribution and deliver product in phases leading up to Christmas to build up demand and whet the appetites of your kids and yourself.
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Posted on 08 13, 2006 under The Manual by
Noodad |
Guys, there will come a time when your little dude or
dudette gets sick. Most likely, you will need to call the pediatrician
and they will no doubt ask you the question that may lead to a very
uncomfortable procedure. Your pediatrician will probably ask what your
kid's temperature is. But don't think you can stick that thermometer
under your kid's tongue, you need to start concentrating on sticking
that thing somewhere else. Because when the doctor asks for a
temperature, they mean a temperature from your kids poop hole.
Yes.
Rectal temperature readings are the most accurate way to take your
kid's temperature. Here's what you need to know about taking your kid's
temp rectally:
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