Author: HowToBeADad

One Less Worry For Parents

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Worrying about our kids is practically encoded in us. Some of us worry more than others, but there’s always something that nags at any parent. Even if it’s not logical. Like what if our kids chose Kanye West as their ultimate hero? The stuff of nightmares. Well, today, we’re doing something we’ve never done before. […]



Our ALS Ice Bucket + Mentos & Diet Coke Challenge

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Of course we had to do it. Aside from being nominated several bazillion times, the ALS ice bucket challenge has evolved explosively into a cultural and global phenomenon that we’ve been delighted to witness. From celebrities to the people next door, there have been so many inspiring, clever, and not so clever or inspiring (yikes) […]



Live Free or Drive Safe!

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Driver safety is something you probably thought you’d never have to revisit after narrowly passing your driver’s license test, right? Wrong. Aside from texting or messing around with your phone, there’s a vast number of things that people shouldn’t need to be told not to do while driving but seem to need to be told […]



10 Ways Not To Use A Baby Carrier

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Babywearing and parents go together like apples and cheese. Wait, is that only me? It’s a thing, I promise. Anyway, wearing babies is not only an amazing, comfortable way to be mobile with your bundle of boy or girl, it’s also fashion forward. Or forward facing, if you will. But you have to do a […]



Get Away, Go Play…

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  Having trouble watching? Go Here! Sometimes, it’s awesome to remember that life exists outside the digital domain. It’s easy to forget. We’re all fighting battles against time and our responsibilities. And laundry. That bastard, laundry. We don’t give advice on this website, but if we had to give one piece of wisdom? Get out […]



The Great Time Travel Portrait Giveaway!

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Today, you can enter for a chance to time travel, friends. And we’re giving away $2000 in prizes! We’re teaming up with Clorox for their 100th birthday with a crazyinsane Twitter party (see below) and also offering you a chance to step into a digital Delorean so you can see yourself in a picture photoshopped […]



Parent Sex Pro Tip: Toys

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There’s good advice and there’s bad advice. And then there’s advice that’s so weird and confusing, you don’t know which one it is. One thing that’s certain is that sex deprivation, the lame prize in the cereal box of parenthood, can often make even the worst advice seem plausible. Or something. Maybe. ““ Follow us […]



Who Is Richard Bushman REALLY? (April Fool’s Final Reveal)

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Our first guest-poster, Richard Bushman, is… Prominent mommy blogger and inventor of Twitter parties, Amy Lupold Bair! www.resourcefulmommy.com (@ResourcefulMom) Happy April Fool’s Day!   Don’t believe us? Well, come to our Twitter party we’re co-hosting with Amy tomorrow night at 5pm PST/8pm EST to win prizes and stuff for the launch of our book. Just […]



Who Is Richard Bushman REALLY? (April Fool’s Reveal Part 3-4)

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April Fool’s!!! Richard Bushman is not just not Richard Bushman, he is not a MAN. She’s a woman! Muhuhahhahaha! You can’t be mad at us, either, like when we faked the death of our website last year! It’d be sexist or something if you were pissed about this, right? (We’re crossing our fingers, just in […]



Who Is Richard Bushman REALLY? (Dramatic Reveal Part 2-4)

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We know this is just a tormenting tease. But we really just can’t help ourselves. Recap from Part 1: Richard Bushman, our first guest-poster, is not actually Richard Bushman. This news won’t be surprising to those that thought “Dick Bushman” was just a little too porn-star a name to be real. Which it isn’t. The […]