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December 27, 2011 Holiday Dad Gift Ideas

Our house is extremely busy with our four daughters. There is constantly a little one that needs to be wiped, repaired with a band-aid, broken up from a potential brawl with their sister…you name it. There is always something going on. I love the excitement. With that said, there is also a constant battle of [...]

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Barbie Gets Tatted Up

October 23, 2011 Business
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I don’t like Barbie much. I don’t like that my daughters ask for them and I have to push back about why I don’t want to buy them. We’ve done a pretty good job as my kids ask for them less and less. But for some reason, I kinda like this one. The doll still [...]

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New Favorite Family Spot: Children’s Creativity Museum in San Francisco, CA

October 22, 2011 Events
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Recently we had the pleasure of attending a blogger event at San Francisco’s Children’s Creativity Museum, formerly known as Zeum. The museum relaunched last week with the new name, new exhibits and an expansion into offerings for younger kids – 3 to 5 years old. Here’s why the new Children’s Creativity Museum might become my [...]

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Warren Buffet Teaches Your Kids About Finances

October 21, 2011 Business
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Financial education is something that most schools ignore. This results in many Americans being thrown into adulthood with not one ounce of financial knowledge only to learn by making mistake after mistake. The Oracle of Omaha, billionaire Warren Buffet is stepping in to help as he takes his web show to the airwaves, with his [...]

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21st Century Damsel In Distress

October 18, 2011 Advice for Dads
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Guest post by Jade Evans My father is not, unfortunately, the best handyman. In fact, it is my mother who does a lot of the repair work around the house – at least that I saw in the years while I was living at my parents house. Tools I’ve had my fair share of experience [...]

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This is Why I Never Let My Kids On YouTube

October 17, 2011 Advice for Dads
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My oldest daughter is 10 years old and she’s at that age where the celebrities that she likes are growing up and making their transition into grown up stars. That transitional period always scares me. Case and point: My daughter was a HUGE fan of the wildly successful Disney franchise High School Musical. Not only did we [...]

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Getting the Kids Involved In Your eBay Sales

October 1, 2011 Advice for Dads
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I am thrilled to be a part of eBay’s Parent Panel. It’s a great group of parent bloggers to associate with and I’m looking forward to creating lots of helpful content on how families can use eBay to add a few bucks to the family bottom line. When we kicked off the parent panel program [...]

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[VIDEO] Facebook Announces the New Timeline at F8 Conference

September 22, 2011 Tech
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This feels a lot like scrap booking and it’s a significant change to Facebook profiles:

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Funny Parent Commercials – GEICO Edition

September 22, 2011 Media
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GEICO is known for pretty funny commercials and it’s amazing how many campaigns thy actually run at one given time. I thought this spot hits home with many parents as we think about ways to pay for future college bills.

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Back To School is Here

August 23, 2011 Advice for Dads
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Today my oldest daughter starts 5th grade and my 2nd oldest daughter enters kindergarten. The emotions around sending your kid out to world never lessen. I want to hold them harder then ever as they put on their new school outfits and head to their classrooms. On the other hand though, I’m always reminded of [...]

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