Giving New Meaning to Parenting

Thanks to everyone who participated in our Blogibirthday give away last week!
Congratulations to Alimum, Sara, and Amy Secord who all won copies of the Danger Rangers DVD and book set!!
Congratulations to Heather for winning the hand warmer! And to Garen for winning the Baby Butler Hands Free Bottle Holder!
Caryn won a copy of Dadditude!
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Today signals the end of our Blogibirthday celebration. It’s been fun, don’t you think? The winners for the contest will be announced on Monday. While our regularly scheduled columns were shuffled around a bit this week we started having some interesting discussions about what might be in store for GNMParents in 2008. [...]

For today’s give-away Dawn from Barefoot Books is offering one GNM Parent a hardcover copy of Listen, Listen written by Phillis Gershator and illustrated by Alison Jay. As the image above illustrates, it is a beautiful book. The following is the starred review from Booklist, (the ALA magazine):

“Jay’s stylized pictures, with the texture [...]

Editor’s Note: We welcome Phil Lerman, the author of “Dadditude: How a Real Man Became a Real Dad” to guest blog with us today. Conveniently, the prize for today’s contest is his book, which has been called “funny and insightful” by Publishers Weekly. To enter the contest, simply leave a comment on this [...]

Over the course of the last year GNMParents has published 765 posts from 47 different contributors. Amazingly wonderful and talented contributors. We thank each of them for being a GNM Parent. We also thank you for being a GNM Parent.
Welcome to Day 2! If you missed yesterday’s contest step back a [...]

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We at GNMParents have a dedicated audience, and I don’t mean to talk about your dedication to us. Instead, I’m referring to your dedication to your kids. And we dig that a lot. So, for the next week, free stuff!! Keep checking GNMParents for Megin’s BlogiBirthday giveaway announcements. There’s one [...]

Over the course of the last year GNMParents has received 3,590 comments from our readers participants, and we thank you sincerely for being a GNM Parent.
This week, we’re not just sayin’ it. We’re puttin’ our money where our mouth is! We have P~R~I~Z~E~S people! Each business day this week we will be [...]

Next week it’s contest time and I am jazzed. I’ve always been into giving away stuff, and Meg has organized a fantastic week of prizes, along with the actual contest, which I can’t disclose, as that would take away the anticipation. Remember, life should have a little suffering in it, otherwise you wouldn’t appreciate the [...]

I’ve gotten some good input in the last few days on my post last week asking for input on how to manage kids’ screen time. Many thanks to Bernard, Carol, Michelle, and Nan for their comments.
It’s interesting to see what people have to say when the subject of kids and screens comes up. [...]

Just over a year ago a few folks joined together to start a collaborative parenting blog… they began writing and inviting and fine tuning and the rest, as they say, is history. We’ve grown steadily and have established a loyal readership (hey, thanks!). Since that fateful day, GNMParents has:
Published 759 posts.
Adored 47 different [...]