As a GeekDad, I’ve made an effort to steer my kids on the way towards geekiness, not by indoctrination but by simply exposing them to the geeky things I love and the reasons why I love them. To my delight, both kids have embraced geek culture, to the point where ...

Arrrrg. Yes, Da-da broke Rule #1 of his lengthy micro-tome, "Apocalypse Parenting Rules for the Severly Kid-laden." To whit: RULE #1: DON'T EAT LEFTOVER KID FOOD. EVER. Yes. Leftover kid food. Besides being the yummy adult equivalent of somatic lead (read PURE FAT), half-eaten leftover kid food -- when not burned by ...

You’re reading this because you’re most likely a parent… now being a parent I can say I wait till the last second to do anything and everything… mainly because I’m too busy doing other things to really make time for things but I think we can all agree that eye exams ...

Push, Myron. ...let's get this baby off the ground.

It's Back-to-school fashion time, 2011-style. Yes. Well. Welcome to the... future? The past? The Medieval Apocalypse? The something. Anyway, welcome! Flying Nun Knights of NI, please accept this humble shrubbery, already in progress. And no gum chewing.

It’s the time of year to fill out all those school forms. Let’s have some fun with it. A packet of paperwork arrived in the mail last month. I waited until last week to open it. I knew what was inside – a stack of medical forms, permission slips and ...

“Wow, Dad, you’re being really nice to me,” my son bubbled as he placed an item on the growing pile, and I immediately diagnosed him as suffering from some kind of Stockholm Syndrome. Thanking me? For school supplies? A good dad would have screamed, “Run for your life boy! Seventh ...

I don’t have a child who is now being prepped to go back to school – cramming that summer reading list (by feeding the cliffnotes editions – here’s a tip save the cash and read the Wikipedia entry ) but I am starting to prep for the end of summer, ...

The other night’s Cast Of Dads podcast was very timely. After getting all the gory details of Michael’s late night scotch induced fall and trip to the emergency room, we talked all about encouraging our kids to eat healthy. This was particularly interesting to me as I am ...

For a free skin cancer screening in your area sponsored by Olay, go to: http://www.olay.com/sctf08/ .    Also, be sure to keep wearing at least an SPF 15 during the fall & winter months on any exposed skin for protection from daily exposure. e.      Organize the medical receipts from ...