Save the Gummy Bears Campaign

Save The Gummy Bears!

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  Each year, tens of millions of gummy bears are decimated by those who are blissfully unaware of the impact of their voracious appetites: CHILDREN. HowToBeADad.com feels it is our responsibility as parents and ecologically-minded individuals to help replenish this threatened community. How can you help this majestic creature? Much like their distant cousin, the […]



Two Beds or Not Two Beds in a Marriage

Two Beds, or Not Two Beds…

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Two beds, or not two beds, that is the question. To sleep separately, perchance to dream… I’m a side sleeper. At least that’s how I fall asleep. Apparently the way I land and spend the rest of the night is a more varied and active endeavor. Lizzie has informed me repeatedly that I actually sleep […]



Booger Nutrition Facts

Booger Nutrition Facts

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We wrote about the controversial topic of booger eating before, but because of wild public demand we decided to showcase the dietary considerations of boogers as an Instructional Diagram. What are boogers made of? Is it okay if you or your kid eats them? Will they cause sickness? Or blindness like some old people say? […]



Male Shopping Fail

Brain Failure on Aisle 9!

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When I go shopping, something happens. I enter some magical space-time distortion, where time oozes and store aisles and racks shift around like the stairs at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, along with accompanying little goblins that move around the products I’m looking for in some kind of demonic three-card monte of retail. The […]



Redneck vs Baby

Redneck vs. Baby

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  [ click the image to enlarge ] Sometimes the truth is unpleasant. Sometimes it slouches and belches and hollers and stares us straight in the face with half-lidded eyes. Observing your baby, or someone else’s, can sometimes leave you with a puzzled and slightly alarmed crinkle in your brow as you witness behavior that […]



Baby Sleep Positions Snow Angels

Baby Sleep Positions: “Snow Angels”

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  Romping around in the snow can be a blast. Especially if you’re small, clumsy and full of seemingly inexhaustible atomic energy, like a kid or baby. There are so many fun things to do and so few ways to get seriously hurt doing them! And it seems like snow angels were invented for babies […]



The Legend of The Guy

The Legend of The Guy

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This isn’t just a story about family fun and injury at a maximum-security roller skating rink. This transcends mere storytelling. It is a timeless tale, one where we simply served as honored witnesses to a legend. The Guy.   The Fortress of Roller Skating When Max and Cody and I pulled up to the brick […]