I’m finishing up my first draft of my Guidebook for parents and have been working on the tedious task of putting together my reference list. Last week, I was spending time at the Kaiser Family Foundation website reading up on TV and kids. They have done several studies on media and kids and it was […]
Borrowing Babies
Remember when your babies were newborns and you had that moment of “what on earth am I doing with a BABY?! What was I thinking?! I don’t have a clue what to do with this little human!?” Well, NBC is filming it all – freakouts, tears, panic, joy and relief – as six teenaged couples […]
Ironman, Ironman
Yesterday, I went to the movies with my big brother, Tom. We went to see Ironman because, well, we both like that stuff and our spouses weren’t interested. I, by the way, will see pretty much any movie ever made…which can be a problem when the film is truly awful. I was shocked and dismayed […]
The “Train” Goes in the “Tunnel”
I just watched Dr. Phil and he was hosting his pal, John Chirban, PhD, who was there help parents talk to kids about my favorite topic. He was promoting Dr. Chirban’s new book, What’s Love Got to Do with IT? Yet another book about how to talk to kids about sex. I suspect this one […]
Practicing what I preach
Practicing what I preach On Friday, while heading home from REI, Milo and I were listening to the 5:20 Funny on KMTT. He really likes listening to the comedians, even if he only understands about 30% of what they talk about. Sometimes, he has questions about the jokes, but most of the time he just […]
