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I read that you shouldn’t allow your child to watch shows or things like that. My son watches our Kindle Fire when we ride in the car or when he wants to watch something before taking a nap. He watches shows like Dino Dan, Curious George, Cars and the one he watches the most is Walking with Dinosaurs. He loves …

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Fun at breakfast

Making things like eating, can be a fun time to relax with your child and let loose. Having breakfast this morning, my son and I were playing a eye-winking game. He laughed, I laughed, and it was something as simple as winking over a bowl of oatmeal. That is the thing about playing with your kids… They are amused most …

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Week in Review

Every Friday, I will be giving my what I learned this week (or I would like to think I learned). This week was an interesting one… We just finished up moving, and my son (who is 2) was, oh, so much help. Moving with a young child is such a huge undertaking at times; and, if you’re not organized, it …

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Playing catch–when is good time to start ?

Well, Spring Training is upon us, and I’m look forward to taking my son to a game when the “games that count” start. Also, I’m looking forward to him being old enough to play catch with, as well. And, there lies the question, when is it too young to start playing ball or things like that with your child? If …

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Tough Dad, Soft Dad

It is hard for us older first-time Dads to try to not be super-tough-guy Dad, like we had. The old-school thinking, of “showing too much affection means a soft kid”. I just have a hard time believing that kind of thinking. I hug and kiss my son as often as I can, but is it too much? Can we make …

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Hello world – a beginning

Well, I am a new Dad (or will perpetually feel that way). Like a lot of you, I feel super unprepared and afraid of messing my child up, in ways that will require years of therapy for them. I have this fear daily, but as of yet I have not lost or injured him in any noticeable way. This site …

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