A recent study shows that when my kids come home from school and turn on the TV, I can’t get squat accomplished. If they put on SpongeBob, I struggle because I’m amused and distracted by the character voices. If they put on one of those live-action Disney shows, I’m distracted ...

A working vacation in San Francisco ended with me hobbled and limping for home. I enjoyed my visit, but pushed my tired, useless feet too far. The swelling pain in them left me unable to walk, clutching the walls of the airport terminal like they were lined with last breaths. ...

Kai-lan and friends are featured in a new game for the Nintendo Wii, Super Game Day. Like the TV show, the game is geared toward younger kids, and features the same voice actors as well. The characters and settings carry over pretty well from Ni Hao, Kai-lan and my kids ...

I’m not telling, I’m asking.According to my 4-year old monsters keep attacking our house every night and according to her the only way to keep them away is to stay up late, sleep in our bed, eat Root Beer floats, and watch cartoons.I think she’s ...

Now that summer is sadly over, about half the kids in my daughter's preschool have gone off to the great "Kindergarten."I put it in quotes because from what my daughter has been telling me, it really has changed a lot from the days when I was a kid.An ...

Not sure when exactly this happened but my daughter has suddenly gotten into giving advice.Not only advice but also suggestions, guidance, and pretty unusual bits of information too. She’s been dishing it out to neighbors, babysitters, strangers, kid...

My daughter has asked for something that I’ve detested nearly my entire life. Something that I’ve always loathed because, in my view, it serves absolutely no purpose in this world but to aggravate, annoy, and destroy good tax-paying citizens like ...