Archive for the ‘Family’ Category

Nursing Mothers May Find Relief- in Texas?!?

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

State Representative Jessica Farrar of Harris County, Texas has introduced a bill that would reverse a horrible law allowing Texas businesses the right to kick nursing mothers out who refuse to stop nursing their children in their establishment. Now I can't say that the State of Texas is against breastfeeding, ...

Digital Father 10- Caring for Your Parents

Sunday, March 4th, 2007

Photo courtesy of Rockland Jewish Family Service Click Grandma to play the podcast Show Notes: Dad is worried these days about the fact that it's not enough to care for your children: you may end up caring for your parents. Are you ready for that? Support the podcast and get special deals! Call the voice ...

Digital Father 9- Kids and Alcohol

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

(photo from kidshealth.org, which has a great page on Kids and Alcohol) Click here to play the podcast Show Notes: Dad discusses letting children drink, and the possible implications. Did your parents let you drink at home when you were younger? Is it better to let them drink at home to prevent ...

Happy Valentimes Day

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

(That's how my daughter used to say it.) Did you do something nice with your spouse today? The Wife and I had dinner plans, but we were unable to go. You see, we've been waiting for snow here in the southern portion of New York. Well, we finally got it. Snow ...

Digital Father 8- A Death in The Family

Sunday, February 4th, 2007

Direct Link to mp3 file Show Notes: A brief rundown of how we are dealing with a death in the family, including deciding whether to take the children to the wake and funeral service, what not to tell your children, and how to deal with a mentally challenged adult under these circumstances. Call ...

Geni- Family Trees on the Web

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

I was poking around and stumbled upon Geni, an online genealogy program . You start with a simple Mother and Father entry, and your tree quickly grows from there. I had a good time getting the first few generations up there. I read recently that they were having some trouble ...

How Safe are You?

Monday, January 29th, 2007

Have you checked the smoke alarms in your house? Have you written an escape plan? Do you have fire extinguishers? Have you had a fire drill? The University of Oklahoma Police Department has a guide for Home Fire Safety. It's worth a glance, and it serves as a healthy reminder to ...

Digital Father 7- How the hell am I supposed to pay for College?

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

Click the penny to hear the podcast With 2 kids growing up, we need to be able to pay for college. In this podcast, I discuss one plan that may not be going as well as we had hoped it would. If you have thoughts, ideas, or links, send them in. ...

I needed to post this photo

Tuesday, December 19th, 2006

There are a number of reasons this photo needed posting: There is a wacky weather pattern in the Northeastern US, and it is not any season here. If I can't ski, at least I can recall the summer. I'm printing out photo's to send family at holiday time, and this one made ...

‘Girls Gone Wild’ gets a slap on the wrist

Thursday, December 14th, 2006

This fine and sentence is not nearly enough. Joe Francis and 'Girls Gone Wild' have pleaded guilty in the most recent case brought against the video empire. Mantra Films Inc. pleaded guilty in a case that stemmed from its use of two 17-year-olds in its DVDs and videos, which feature young women ...

Digital Father 5- My Kids Go Nutty over the Holidays!

Friday, December 8th, 2006

Direct Link to mp3 file Show Notes: It's avarice! My kids want everything! Keeping charity in the season. Managing the busy calendar. Keeping the fundamentals, including religion, in the season. The Littlest Angel Give the most important gift- Time and Attention. Call the voice comment line at (206) 350-KIDS email me Check out other blogs and podcasts at World of ...

Perfect Post Awards for November

Friday, December 1st, 2006

Each month, a group of bloggers tear through their Bloglines accounts, check their del.icio.us tags (I gotta start using that more) and sift through their bookmarks to find blog posts that are too good to be lost to the archives. This month, I have nominated KCB of Redneck Mother for her ...

Post Smart

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

The US Postal Service, now acting as watchmen for all types of communication (responsibly so, I might add) has started a 2 SMRT 4U campaign, in which kids are encouraged to type and post responsibly. It includes some useful tips for kids (geared especially toward girls) about "what to type" and ...

Dangerous Toys

Monday, November 27th, 2006

While over at CrunchGear, I happened upon a link to an article detailing a variety of potentially unsafe toys. I know this comes out every year, and my children are no longer under 3, so I am tempted to skip it. However, a sense of the macabre overwhelmed me and ...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thursday, November 23rd, 2006

For all you US readers, I wish you a happy and healthy Thanksgiving. Try to eat healthily, spend some sober quality time out of the kitchen, and don't let football rule the day. Make it about family. I say this, of course, not being much of a drinker and having no ...