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Commentary, experiments, failures (more often than not) and experiences in the field.

Kinder – The Playdating App

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  Finding a good match isn’t just a challenge for adults. Most parents have had bad blind play dates, two sets of unpredictable little kids that turn out to be a circle peg in a square hole. Now, as they say in this age of modern wonder: there’s an app for that.   Little kids […]



KidzPoop – Bad Product Idea

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So, this may actually be a good product idea if you’re looking to become a millionaire fast, but not so much in terms of overall parenting, and raising kids that aren’t embarrassments in society. Anymore than they already may be. If you have a little kid, and haven’t yet experienced them replacing words in song […]



Expecto Harry Potter Land!

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It was decided! We were off to Harry Potter world -ehem- I mean, Universal Studios Hollywood. My wife and I had visited through the years, but now we wanted to see Harry Po-… Um, share it with our son. Universal Studios provided my family with tickets, so it was only a matter of choosing WHEN. […]



Protect Your Kids AND Yourself

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Parents have to protect their kids from harm all the time, and, ironically, they also have to protect THEMSELVES from their kids. LEGO landmines, sick sneezes to the face, roundhouse kicks to the head. No joke, I have three friends that have had their noses broken from a bobble-headed toddler giving them a surprise head […]



The Ripeness of Kids Clothes Described Like Wines

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Kids live life at Volume 11 but often have their hygiene on mute, so the stink they can whip up is truly breathtaking. As in, plug your nose and hold your breath kind of breathtaking. Like wines, kids seem to ferment with age. Except there’s nothing “fine” about their Cabernet Soverygross or Pee-yoo Noir. Their […]



Endgame Best Moments & GIVEAWAY

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Celebrating the Blu-ray and Digital release of Avengers: Endgame, Disney has sponsored this post.     At the end of this post you’ll see details for winning an Infinity Gauntlet movie prop replica ($300 value) and, now available for purchase on Blu-ray and Digital, you’ll also win a copy of Avengers: Endgame! (Skip to it) […]



Mind Reading Facebook Ads

Are Ads Reading Your Mind?

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  Have your kids ever begged for something, or you saw a new product you wanted to try, and the next thing you know, you’re miraculously seeing ads for it everywhere??? It can kinda freak you out and make you wonder if your phone or home is bugged. You’re just idly scrolling through Facebook or […]



Know-It-All Parenting Method

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Unlike all other parenting styles, Know-It-All Parenting isn’t actually a method for raising children. It’s for educating other parents on how they’re doing it oh so WRONG. Amazingly all that’s required for Know-It-All Parenting is the ability to speak or type. Another singularly unique advantage is that you don’t need to have a child of […]



QUIZ: 9 Alcohol Cheats in Animation

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Brought to you by responsibility.org for their TalkEarly campaign. In the past, animated films and shows were, um… rather boozy. A review of every G-rated movie created from the 30s up to 2000 said 47% showed alcohol consumption, and in that same period about 9% percent of all cartoons did as well. That’s a LOT […]



A Store Is Born! shop.howtobeadad.com

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Like most everything in parenting, this store’s delivery, I mean launch is very late to the holiday party! Now you can shop a few items just in time for last-minute, probably-too-late panic shopping! [ VISIT THE STORE ]     Cast Your Vote for the Future! Also like a baby, this store is starting out […]