Do your kids get an allowance?  Do they have to earn it? Money is on everyone’s mind these days and it was a spirited topic during a recent Thursday evening Tweet Chat that I host, called #DadChat**.  Tweet Chats are growing as different communities band together for an hour or ...

I’m not a good soccer player, but I’m a heck of a lot better than my 5-year-old son. The same goes for most backyard games as well as board games, video games and nearly all other competitions. I generally don’t run up the score, but I don’t lie down either. ...

How many times have parents heard their kids say, “It’s not fair!”  How many times have older kids called their parents, “Hypocrite?” How many times were the kids right? My older son called me a hypocrite the other day because I was making disturbing noises early one morning, while he and his brother were still ...