Happy Father’s Day to all you dads out there… I’m still not sure what the day will hold for us, but so far I have been promised: (1) a hand drawn picture of my car from our four year old, (2) a day full of video games with our six year old, and (3) a [...]
Even with four boys, I’ve proudly managed to keep a consistent portrait schedule for each of them. They all have a portrait for 3, 6, 9, 12 and 18 months as well as one for each of their birthdays. Fortunately, the mall near here has a Sears Portrait Studio. I’ve mostly used Sears because it’s [...]
Raising4Boys participated in just one carnival this week… The Best of Me Symphony, which is up at The Business of America, included “Orthodontia and Armpit Farts.” Also included was “How to Write a Mortgage Gift Letter” from fivecentnickel.com.
I’ve written in the past about teaching kids about money in general, and our allowance system in particular. With regard to the latter, we provide each of our boys (except our toddler) with an allowance of $0.50/week for each year of age, meaning that our eight year old gets $4/week, and so on. We then [...]
“A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankrolls smaller, homes happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for.” -Anonymous
According to a recent study our of the Boston University School of Medicine, your parenting style can affect a lot more than your kids behavior… In fact, it can determine whether or not your kids will be overweight by the time they reach first grade. So says the study’s lead author: Children of authoritarian parents [...]
I’m not sure what reminded me of this, but it gave me a chuckle (again) so I thought that I’d share it… I was at Wal-Mart awhile back with the boys when we saw a woman in a burqa walk by. It was all black, and only her eyes were showing. As soon as she [...]
Raising4Boys took part in just one carnival this week… The Best of Me Symphony, which is up at The Owner’s Manual, included “Watching Sports, Aging, and Priorities.” Also included was “Kids and Money: Tweaking our Allowance System” from fivecentnickel.com.
“Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth.” -Peter Ustinov
This past week our eight year old son had a final appointment with his orthodontist… Given that we’re moving (I’m actually writing this from a Holiday Inn in the midst of our move), we wanted to have one last checkup before finding a new orthodontist to go along with our new home. Guess what? We [...]
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