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The Wake Up Call – Learning to Control My Temper So My Daughter Doesn’t Throw Me to The Wolves 17 Dec 2012 | 10:54 pm
Summary: Simple things like loosing your temper have far more impact of your kid than you think. About four weeks ago I’m at Silver Spur having our pre Saturday adventure breakfast with my daughter an...
Killing One Surfboard With Two Stones 28 Jul 2012 | 01:21 am
Summary: Sometimes Redirection Makes a Bad Situation Worse. So I’m at Capitola Beach picking up my daughter after Junior Guards because it’s Wednesday, which is laundry day. This means I take over dau...
Wild Child – Horseplay and Roughhousing Should be Encouraged as Much as Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic 10 Jul 2012 | 10:36 pm
Summary: Encouraging Kids, and Especially Girls, to Explore Their Physical Boundaries and the Importance of Horseplay, Roughhousing and Goofing Around to Their Development. It’s Saturday morning and m...
Girls Mature Faster…Not! 5 Jul 2012 | 11:32 pm
Summary: Only women think men mature late. From a man’s point of view some women never mature at all. It’s often said that girls mature faster than boys. I don’t mean physically as that’s undisputed –...
Girls Gone Wild No More – Establishing Boundaries With Hot Chicks and Holding Them Accountable 5 Jul 2012 | 11:31 pm
Summary: Stop the Madness. Turning young hot girls into social cripples by giving them whatever they want. I just got back from a nice, calm, small get together at my brother’s house this 4th of July ...
Dojo With Mojo – The Day Our Pet Dojo Took A Walk On The Wild Side 26 Jul 2011 | 05:50 am
Summary: No matter how bizarre and unlikely, you should take your child seriously when they insist the “impossible” is possible. This story happens during our very recent and very long wet spring. In ...
Uno for Dose – Playing Cards With My Daughter 24 Jul 2011 | 01:49 pm
So my daughter and I have been playing Uno in the evenings. It’s a fun, easy game to wind down the day with, and with two people it goes rather brisk. Skip cards now skips the next hand directly back ...
These Boots Were Made For Walking – A Child’s First 97 Steps 24 Jul 2011 | 09:52 am
Summary: A Toddlers Transcendent Stair Climbing Experience leads to Bedtime Nirvana My daughter’s always been a powerhouse of gross motor skills. The very first time she picked up a spoon she held it ...
Tomboys, Gender Training, and The Trouble With Stereotypes 18 Jul 2011 | 01:44 pm
I’m doing some gardening when my daughter walks up. “Am I a tomboy?” “Well some may consider you a tomboy because you’re strong and athletic and like things like dinosaurs, skulls, and boys underwear ...
Are You Hot Mama? Love and Life According to Foreigner’s Hot Blooded 18 Jul 2011 | 01:25 pm
Summary: Tens seconds of classic rock leads to ten minutes of relationship talk. I’m on the way to the boardwalk with my daughter and her good friend when I click on the classic rock station to clear ...
