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With the end of the school year upon us, it’s time for summer vacations. Even though gas prices continue to increase, a lot of us are going to be traveling around via car instead of plane to visit some fun and interesting places.
I wanted to take this time and this article to get up on [...]

My husband is in charge of our Blockbuster Online movie selection. It’s always a surprise when a movie arrives in the mail because 1) I have no idea which movies are in our queue and 2) I don’t keep up with the newest flicks. So, the movie Taken arrives and his eyes get wide and [...]

I had reason to ride a train recently. There was this other family in my car that had a young toddler along. Overall the toddler was quite well behaved, considering he was not even two years old and we were on a 4 hour trip that started at dinner time. The parents [...]

I came across this video via BoingBoing – I couldn’t make it through the first minute. I don’t want to judge this guy, ’cause, y’know, glass houses, stones… But, wow, this seems like something worth talking about. I would never do what he’s doing, but as a dad, I’ve taken my share of risks with [...]

Our son M was two and a half when we met him at his orphanage in Moscow. When we brought him outside to the playground, one of the first things he did was pick up a stick, assume a shooting stance, and yell, “Ba-ba! Ba-ba! Ba-ba!” like a machine gun. That’s right: he was just [...]

I should start off by saying that I’m friends with a carseat inspector.  Here in MA, you can go to various fire and police stations and have your carseat installed for free by a certified carseat inspector.  A lot of places also offer free clinics throughout the year.
When we first switched from the bucket seat [...]

We’ll not really, but it seemed like it in the moment. I’ve debated all day about whether or not to type a blog about my daughter’s recent fright in the pool. Will I look like a mother who wasn’t paying attention to her kids? Or will I be a mom that pushed her daughter too [...]

I was sitting alone on a bench by a duck pond, our ignored lunch by my side, while my two-year old daughter Fern, a dozen yards away, slowly fed her rice cake to an indulgent Canada goose. I suppose I must have looked like a safe parent, because just then a chummy 10-year old girl [...]

About six months ago my husband and I decided it was time to add a pool to our backyard. We live in Arizona so outside activities are limited during the summer when it’s 115 degrees in the shade! Our twins are just shy of four years old so they are not quite ready for museums [...]

I live in the state with the highest number of drownings in the nation for children age 1 to 4 (according to a 2007 Nova Southeastern University pilot study of drowning prevention practices in Broward and Miami-Dade counties).
In fact, in 2004, enough children drowned in Florida to fill four preschool classrooms, despite local and state [...]