“Oh God! Gimme your water! Ow! Potato chip shrapnel going down my throat!” -Elizabeth

“Do you think if I toast a piece of bread with cheese and ketchup, it’ll taste enough like pizza?” -Avara  

The foundation of my house is creaking under the weight of all the candy my kids hauled in last night. Literally thousands of calories are hunkered in grocery bags in the cabinet above the fridge. In years past, this candy has called to me, and I inevitably binged on mini-chocolate ...

Come cross swords with the Dadlabs guys, courtesy of 3 Musketeers. Next Tuesday, October 11th from 6-8pm at the W Hotel. We should hang out. I know we’re all busy with kids and soccer practice and all the other things, but we should make time. Facebook is not enough. This is what ...

If you are experiencing a midlife crisis, I have a strong recommendation: have or acquire a seven-year-old. I am grateful to have to explain my various 40-something compulsions to my second grader. Kids of this age are keen observers and quite curious. Under the barrage of their questions, the crisis-haver ...

Is Gender Selection of a Fetus Ethical?: But this technology is igniting a heated ethical debate before it is even clinically available. Many fear that it will be used for a reason that has nothing to do with medical outcomes. They fear parents will use it for sex selection, aborting ...

Blood Test Can Tell Baby’s Gender at 7 Weeks: Is it a boy or girl? A new blood test can determine a baby’s gender, with 95 percent accuracy, seven weeks into a pregnancy—without the risks of such invasive procedures as chorionic villus sampling or amniocentesis, both of which pose a ...

Beer, jeans and video games? We've got them all and more in our favorite videos of the week. Related posts:Digital Dads Watch / August 19, 2011 Digital Dads Watch / August 6th, 2010...

Talking to Strangers? Rewriting the Rules of Childhood: We teach our children not to talk to strangers, but — as in Leiby’s case —sometimes they have to. After all, if they’re lost, how are my kids ever going to be found unless they first approach a stranger to lend them ...

“What your son is doing isn’t ‘eating’ per se… It’s a cross between taste-testing and finger painting.” -Avara