It’s Halloween — you know what that means, don’t you? That’s right, ’tis the season for razor blades and needles in apples and poison in candy. Or is it? According to Dr. Joel Best of the University of Delaware, “I can’t find any evidence that any children have been hurt or killed by any contaminated [...]
Raising4Boys participated in two carnivals this week. Here they are with links to our articles that were included in each. The Carnival of Personal Finance included “Teaching Kids the Value of a Dollar.” Also included was “Withdrawing Funds From Upromise” from fivecentnickel.com. The Best of Me Symphony included “Fun With Dry Ice.” Also included was [...]
I’ve written in the past about the importance of a playgroup in my life. When we first moved here at the beginning of the summer, I didn’t know any moms in the area, and I didn’t know about any play groups. Thus, I took matters into my own hands and decided to start one myself.
Overheard while our 23 month old was chatting it up in the midst of our post-soccer McDonald’s feast: “Coke. Coke. Caffeine. Caffeine. Fries. Ketchup. Ketchup.” Needless to say, we are so proud. (And no, we don’t actually let our kids drink Coke, or anything else with caffeine in it.)
Our four year old has a passion for Care Bears, so I recently bought him “Perfect Panda” to add to his collection. This set off an obsession with the little furry guys. One morning, he retreated to his room for quite some time. It eventually dawned on me that he had been quiet for too [...]
Remember back before you had kids, when weekends were actually relaxing? Nowadays, it seems like weekends around our house are even busier than weekdays. While we try to be sensitive to the possibility of overscheduling our kids (and ourselves), things tend to add up quickly when you have four young’uns. With that in mind, check [...]
Q: What is a bull before he grows up?
Overheard at the end of our six year old’s most recent soccer game… “Dad, did you see me? I was running so fast it was like an angry mom was chasing me!” No, not an angry mob. An angry mom. Hmmm… I wonder where he gets stuff like that?
I’ve been thinking about ways to teach our kids more about the value of money. When it comes to such abstract notions, we’ve found that it’s far better to give them a bit of real world experience than it is to just talk to them. So… When we went out to a local pizza joint [...]
Time to dig into the archives yet again… Here are some of our favorite posts from the month of July… 07/07/2006 — Birth Order, Brothers, and Homosexuality 07/10/2006 — Kid Hack: Popsicles in the Tub 07/14/2006 — Monitoring the Sex Offender Registry 07/19/2006 — Remember the 80s? 07/21/2006 — Pregnancy, Sex and Labor 07/24/2006 — [...]
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