Tag: moms
member name: Clay Nichols
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July 25, 2007 08:06 AM EDT --
Whenever my Youngest and his cousin, let's call him Jake, come into contact, you can almost hear the theme from "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" waft through the air. Their relationship . . .
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January 21, 2007 04:11 PM EST --
A recent trip to the toy store had me wondering: what the hell happened to dolls? The "fashion doll" aisle is dominated by the buxom "Barbie" and the even more tawdry, er, sassy . . .
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September 25, 2007 10:14 AM EDT --
Serving alcohol at a kid's birthday party (to the adults, mostly)? An absolute requirement? A really bad idea? Both?
We're filming a segment on this topic in the DadLab Studio today. . . .
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August 20, 2007 12:22 PM EDT --
Still recovering from the huge bash on Friday night. Man, those people have serious issues. I mean, by the time the movie got started, dudes were off the hook! See if I ever take the . . .
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July 09, 2008 08:56 AM EDT --
I was feeling a little nostalgic and drifting back through years of family summer vacation pictures, including those I have just recently taken. It struck me in this viewing that the children change . . .
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May 09, 2007 12:31 AM EDT --
Mother’s Day. Give mom a card, breakfast in bed, handmade presents from the kids – all cute as a button. But let’s face it. This day just isn’t getting the job . . .
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June 05, 2007 11:49 PM EDT --
One of the sacred cows of parenting, one of those deeply held societal values that all us breeders share, is that children should do chores – required, independently and regularly performed household . . .
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January 25, 2007 01:12 AM EST --
Recent census data reveals that married women are now in the minority. For many, I think this is an amusing and/or satisfying indication of how empowered women have become. Articles offering . . .
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July 31, 2007 10:27 AM EDT --
According to mainstream media, parenting is a bit like trying to carry an enormous cardboard box with nothing but a cannon ball in it: minor shifts precipitate a sudden problem. At the moment, the . . .
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January 29, 2008 02:04 PM EST --
I took one look at the thing and sprained both ankles and fractured my tibia.
Because skateboards are not nearly unstable and dangerous enough, someone went ahead and invented the Ripstik . . .
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February 03, 2008 01:21 PM EST --
This is officially Not Funny Anymore. The little punks have given me this flu garbage. I've had it. I surrender. They can have McDonalds every night, and watch all the TV they want. . . .
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March 25, 2008 10:22 PM EDT --
What use is it for a blogger to go to Disney, if not to come back and write a long, snarky takedown of the Happiest Place on Earth? So here it comes.
I didn't like the coffee.
Is that . . .
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June 13, 2007 05:09 PM EDT --
At DadLabs we are committed to raising sensitive, expressive, creative, and empathetic children. One of the best ways to nurture these traits in your kid is through art. It's important to encourage . . .
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April 23, 2007 11:55 PM EDT --
I know that you’ve probably had this weekend, too. The spouse has a big project due, so she’s in the office on the weekend. I’m on my own. It’s pouring. . . .
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May 22, 2007 11:42 PM EDT --
Somebody recently asked me, "what are the five things that nobody tells a guy about being a dad?" Things like not seeing movies in the theatre any more, or "slight" changes in your . . .
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June 20, 2007 12:11 AM EDT --
Summer is the season of boredom. Just ask my eight-year-old. Despite his frequent and high-pitched and really annoying protestations to the contrary, I think that boredom is a good thing. Boredom . . .
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September 18, 2007 10:31 PM EDT --
A significant watershed in my parenting life has been reached. Two of my kids have soccer games this weekend. At the same time.
I'll be with my oldest. I'm sure it will be a . . .
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December 03, 2007 10:46 PM EST --
When my oldest was entering Kindergarten, there was just one thing that I really wanted him to learn – not reading or math or social studies or science. Good values are fine and all, and . . .
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July 04, 2008 09:09 AM EDT --
My family has been away on vacation for the past week, leaving me behind to have a career. For a family man, time away from the domestic cohabitants is always disorienting, but remaining behind . . .
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February 04, 2008 06:08 PM EST --
The studies hailing the health and well-being benfits of family dinner are numerous. For children in the studies, frequent family dinners correlate with decreased alcohol, tobacco, drug use, eating . . .
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