Archive for the ‘Fatherhood’ Category
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
According to the American Psychological Association (APA), sexualization occurs when:
a person’s value comes only from his or her sexual appeal or behavior, to the exclusion of other characteristics;
a person is held to a standard that equates physical attractiveness (narrowly defined) with being sexy;
a person is sexually objectified—that is, made into ...
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Saturday, February 17th, 2007
Photo courtesy of classbrain.com
I was over at dvorak.org and happened to see this post on hit lists.
I found a number of things disturbing about it. First and foremost was the sheer number of incidents. How could there be so many? Then it was the idea that so many of ...
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Friday, February 16th, 2007
I'm digging flow charts lately. I just blogged one over at Bernies World, so why not one here as well?
Come to think of it, I haven't seen a flow chart used for anything serious since I left BASIC class in Middle School. Of course, those geeks are probably the ones ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
It's sushi for everyone tonight!
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Sunday, January 28th, 2007
If you've ever taken a good look at the internet, there are a lot of groups for moms, but not too many for dads.
This is the Meetup.com list for parenting groups near my home. Not one is for dads. There are couples groups, mothers groups, parents of twins. Nothing for ...
Posted in Fatherhood, Rants/Opinions | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007
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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. ...
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Saturday, January 13th, 2007
There has been a tremendous discovery in the world of medicine. According to the Centers for Disease Control:
In June 2006, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to recommend the first vaccine developed to prevent cervical cancer and other diseases in ...
Posted in Father-Daughter, Religion/Politics, Rants/Opinions, Health and Fitness | 8 Comments »
Saturday, January 13th, 2007
Direct Link to mp3 file
Show Notes:
Step One- Find out what he knows, both from a religious and practical viewpoint.
Step Two- Pick the time and place.
Step Three- Get the difficult words out in the open and state your peace.
Contraception
Abstinence
Safe Sex
Love, Respect and Dignity
Step Four- Answer questions.
Step Five- Create an environment where ...
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Wednesday, January 10th, 2007
Apparently Skippy's teachers just realized that next week is a Standardized Testing week. They will have to curtail their assignments and tests while the students take the English/ Language Arts exam.
As such, they are piling on two weeks worth of work this week. Skippy cam home with piles of homework ...
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Monday, January 8th, 2007
This is an extremely touchy subject. Everyone who has a son has had to face this discussion, and I am overwhelmed after the hub-bub over at Suburban Turmoil after Lindsay mentioned it.
Now I am circumcised, and my wife and I discussed it at length (haha) and decided not to succumb ...
Posted in Father-Son, Rants/Opinions, Health and Fitness | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
Dean Dad wrote a post that pointed me toward a story on Slate which cites an interesting statistic about the proliferation of the Internet- it may be partially responsible for a decrease in rapes.
Why? Some conclusions we could draw could go back as far as Billy Joel's previous conclusion in ...
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Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007
I'm splitting up my resolutions this year. I'm tackling fatherhood here. Other personal resolutions will show up at Bernies World, and I'll post my digital resolutions at World of Bernie.
What do I want to do differently as a father for 2007?
Play a game with the kids each week.
After our big ...
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Sunday, December 31st, 2006
My wife is very organized when it comes to making a pre-holiday shopping list. We shop it very carefully and, because it is a fairly lengthy list, we keep to it closely.
I did depart from the list for one item. I happened to see "Risk" in the game aisle, and ...
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