A couple of years ago our local elementary school principal invited a nutritionist from a nearby university to come speak at our monthly PTA meeting. The speaker showed a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map that graphed obesity rates in the United States from 1985 to the present. It ...

I am NOT suggesting that being a parent and raising our kids is anything at all like training a dog. Really, I am NOT.  However… I once hired a dog trainer who focused almost exclusively on training a puppy by giving it, in his words, “plenty of praise.”  Giving our kids plenty ...

Who is the lucky winner, chosen at random, of a year's supply of tasty Hillshire Farm products? If it's not you, we still have a tasty Ferris Beuller video for you to view.

In this episode of Cast of Dads, the Dads get down to the real poop of being a father.  While we always try to keep the show “family friendly” and avoid any potty mouthed talk, that doesn’t restrict us from talking about the potty, and this week we tackled both ...

I've recently come across this TED TALK by Jamie Oliver where he presented his one big wish "teach every child to cook". The message Jamie delivers is pretty clear ... but there is no blame. His campaign is not about blaming what's gone wrong with th...