Dad-miration Week 2013, Day Five: Graco Jogger & Car Seat!

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We’re already more than halfway done with Dad-miration Week and we haven’t given away a stroller yet? SERIOUSLY? Alright, today we’re going to fix that. We spoke to Graco and they would like to give one of you dads and dames a Graco FastAction… Fold Jogger Click Connect… Travel System (jogger AND car seat). Not […]



Dad-miration Week 2013, Day Four: Books, Dummies!

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This year seems to have no shortage of funny, fun and helpful books in the parenting realm. One book in particular has us sitting up and paying attention. It’s “Raising Digital Families for Dummies” by Amy Lupold-Bair. These days, it’s nearly impossible to live free of devices, computers and phones. How the hell do we […]



“The Cookie” Episode 3: Convos With My 2 Year Old

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  We all know the book “If You Give A Mouse A Cookie” is actually based on voracious, unyielding children. Infinite cookies is always the goal. Here’s the third episode in the wildfire viral series Convos With My 2 Year Old. It’s cookie addict approved. Make sure you watch until the END. Enjoy your brains […]



Dad-miration Week 2013, Day Three: Keurig Brewer!

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When you think of parenting, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Children? WRONG. Love? FALSE. Yelling? Sort of, but nope. COFFEE, that’s it! Coffee is to parents, what steroids are to professional hopscotch athletes. Some people move over to teas or hot chocolate, but that’s cool too. Want to know why? BECAUSE THE […]



Parenterms

Parenterms: “Smellcheck”

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Every trade or specialty has its own set of unique words and definitions. Parenting is a highly technical job. Anyone who has ever seen an airplane’s control console, with it’s floor-to-ceiling constellation of buttons and switches, has looked at a metaphor for parenting. In this new series, Parenterms, we’ll explore and clarify the specialized terms […]



Dad-miration Week 2013, Day Two: Philips Giveaway!

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We know we promised we wouldn’t talk about shaving ourselves. Ugh, boring. So,  let’s talk about shavers and breast pumps, okay? Today’s Dad-miration Week giveaway prizes will be given out tonight at our Twitter chat with Philips Norelco and Philips Avent. These two rad companies want to help make new fatherhood that much easier. They […]



Daddy Vader

Daddy Vader Says… Four More Bites

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You set conditions for your kids. Goals. “If you do this, then you’ll get that.” Sometimes this works, and sometimes adjustments need to be made. Fair or unfair, for one reason or another, sometimes dessert becomes four more bites far, far away.   ““   Follow us on Facebook. The best way to stay connected […]



Dad-miration Week 2013, Day One: Bon Jovi Tickets!

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It’s Dad-miration Week! Every year, we transform the days leading up to Father’s Day into something rad in honor of the dads in all of our lives. Our first giveaway is for the music-lovers and those known to ride steel horses in our audience. Not robot horses, like Andy originally thought. “Because we can” has […]



Dad-vertising or Bad-vertising: Nissan Altima’s Sidelined Dad

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So, the birth experience can be many things. Sometimes, it isn’t what you plan. For others, it can be exactly what you imagined. But Nissan has taken a stance on the childbirth experience that might cause a stir, especially as we lead up to Father’s Day… Not every dad-to-be is suited to the task of […]



What Wings Can Tell You

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Before you even buy the theater ticket or press play, there’s a fair amount of sizing up people do about movies. This is even truer for parents because they’re doing so as guardians of the blank canvases of their kids’ pretty little heads. So for them, multiply the difficulty of this decision-making process by how […]