Author: stayathomegang

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    Dadvent Conspiracy

    “I can do this.” That’s how it starts for stay at home dads. They get a great idea, they have a wife who believes in them and at least one[...]

    About Tom Currie

    Tom has been a professional geologist, an actor, and a middle-school teacher and now he is an amateur Stay-at-home Dad of two toddlers. Of these jobs, the latter has been the most rewarding and perhaps most likely to earn him any accolades. He is passionate about educational philosophy and innovative thinking, but pretends not to care which has made him a willful blogger and tolerable husband up in that small town called Canada.

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    No TV November – Reflections in 10 Questions

    At the beginning of this month I made a public pledge and though we struggled my family and I honoured that pledge.  If you missed it, it was called “No[...]

    About Tom Currie

    Tom has been a professional geologist, an actor, and a middle-school teacher and now he is an amateur Stay-at-home Dad of two toddlers. Of these jobs, the latter has been the most rewarding and perhaps most likely to earn him any accolades. He is passionate about educational philosophy and innovative thinking, but pretends not to care which has made him a willful blogger and tolerable husband up in that small town called Canada.

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    The Dadvent Calendar

    Being a Canadian means a lot of things, many of which are dramatized during the American election season, but around this time of year it means that I wonder why[...]

    About Tom Currie

    Tom has been a professional geologist, an actor, and a middle-school teacher and now he is an amateur Stay-at-home Dad of two toddlers. Of these jobs, the latter has been the most rewarding and perhaps most likely to earn him any accolades. He is passionate about educational philosophy and innovative thinking, but pretends not to care which has made him a willful blogger and tolerable husband up in that small town called Canada.

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    No TV November

    I pledge to turn off the television for one month. I’m going public with this, because I know there are others out there that need this.  They need to join[...]

    About Tom Currie

    Tom has been a professional geologist, an actor, and a middle-school teacher and now he is an amateur Stay-at-home Dad of two toddlers. Of these jobs, the latter has been the most rewarding and perhaps most likely to earn him any accolades. He is passionate about educational philosophy and innovative thinking, but pretends not to care which has made him a willful blogger and tolerable husband up in that small town called Canada.

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    Holy Hannah I’m gonna be a Hockey Dad…

    There comes a time in every Canadian father’s life when he rolls over checks that the time on the alarm is in fact correct, shakes off the weariness of a[...]

    About Tom Currie

    Tom has been a professional geologist, an actor, and a middle-school teacher and now he is an amateur Stay-at-home Dad of two toddlers. Of these jobs, the latter has been the most rewarding and perhaps most likely to earn him any accolades. He is passionate about educational philosophy and innovative thinking, but pretends not to care which has made him a willful blogger and tolerable husband up in that small town called Canada.

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    Top 5 Apps for the Toilet

    Let’s face it, with the improvements made in tablet technology more and more people are spending more and more time on the porcelain throne with their phone.  That’s not to[...]

    About Tom Currie

    Tom has been a professional geologist, an actor, and a middle-school teacher and now he is an amateur Stay-at-home Dad of two toddlers. Of these jobs, the latter has been the most rewarding and perhaps most likely to earn him any accolades. He is passionate about educational philosophy and innovative thinking, but pretends not to care which has made him a willful blogger and tolerable husband up in that small town called Canada.

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    Why Being Dad is Easier

    I’ve been a child enthusiast my whole life, (I’m 33) and I’m lucky enough to now own two of my own, which (of course)  gratuates me to “Child Expert”.  As[...]

    About Tom Currie

    Tom has been a professional geologist, an actor, and a middle-school teacher and now he is an amateur Stay-at-home Dad of two toddlers. Of these jobs, the latter has been the most rewarding and perhaps most likely to earn him any accolades. He is passionate about educational philosophy and innovative thinking, but pretends not to care which has made him a willful blogger and tolerable husband up in that small town called Canada.

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