Breaking news…. Gameboy games can survive a trip through the washer (and dryer). Over the weekend, Son #3 wanted to bring some extra Gameboy games when we went out for the day. Thus, he tucked them in one of the big pockets in my carpenter shorts. I knew this wasn’t a good idea, but I [...]
May was another great month at Raising4Boys, thanks in large part to contributions from readers such as yourself. We just wanted to take a moment to thank those of you who stop by and comment. If you like what you see here, keep in mind that you can have the full-text of everything that we [...]
A sample of our (former) first grader’s writing: Teairdons Dong Teairdons dong is brown. Teairdons dong is poisonous. Teairdons eat thire dong. They poop. Translation: Pteranadon’s Dung Pteranadon’s dung is brown. Pteranadon’s dung is poisonous. Pteranadons eat their dung. They poop. Just to be clear, pteranodon’s don’t eat their poisonous brown dongs.
Here are some of our favorite Raising4Boys (subscribe) posts from a year ago this week: » Move? What Move? » Motherly Wisdom » C-Sections Unsafe? And here are some of my favorite FiveCentNickel (subscribe) posts from a year ago: » More on the Home Office Tax Deduction » Wire Transfers When Closing on a House [...]
Raising4Boys participated in two carnivals this week. Here they are along with links to our articles that were included in each. The Carnival of Family Life included “How Not to Coach a Kids’ Soccer Team.” The Festival of Frugality included “Free Summer Movies for Kids.”
If you’re reading this message, then it means that you’re now accessing Raising4Boys from the new server. During the move we also took the opportunity to upgrade to the newest version of WordPress (the software that runs this site). While we’ve tested things fairly thoroughly and hope that we have the bugs worked out, it’s [...]
Just a quick note to let you know that we’re in the process of moving Raising4Boys to a dedicated server to improve speed/stability. We’ve already made the move over on FiveCentNickel, and are just waiting for the DNS change to propagate. Once everything is said and done, we’ll post a note on the new server [...]
Guess what? The child that I talked about in “An Insolent Child Part II” has recently been evaluated by a psychologist and diagnosed with ADHD. For the past couple of months he has been wearing a Daytrana patch (this is the first patch medicine for kids with ADHD; technically it’s a methylphenidate, or Ritalin, transdermal [...]
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