Practical Dad
You Know You’re Spending Time with the Kids When…
- You startle a co-worker at lunch by sticking your finger in your mouth and reaching over to wipe a dab of ketchup off of his chin.
- You get sucked into a heated debate whether Marvel is better than DC and all the reasons that Aquaman is a loser.
- You're in public and state that you have to go to the potty.
- Your kid is in public and excuses herself to go to the restroom.
- You have kid tunes in your head and find yourself searching for Roger Day's Mosquito Burrito for your iPod.
- You can name the characters on iCarly and any other Nick/Disney live-action show.
- You rue the day that your kid refers to Barney as a giant purple cash-cow.
- You can look at your kid and notice whether something's going to fit before he even puts it on.
- You can visualize how something happened between the kids without even being there.
- Your kids come over to spontaneously hug you and try to pick you up.
- You tell them you love them too, now put me down.
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Basics for Dads
- Some Thoughts on Becoming a “Stay-at-Home Dad”
- The Little Things - Bathtime Songs
- Yes, Dad, It’s Okay to…
Child Development
- Reading with the Kids - When Do I Stop?
- Brain Development and Television
- Teens and Independence: Balance
Child Health
Child Safety
- Comments on Becoming an Adult Male Volunteer
- Lessons from the Sandusky Allegations
- PracticalDad: Permitting Self-Defense
College
- Vocation or Avocation? Parents and Advising on College
- Playing the College Numbers Game
- College: The Degree or the Experience?
Commentary
Communication
- Explaining Real World Consequences
- Teachable Moments: Torture, Politics and Honking
- Keep Talking, They’re Listening. But What Do the Youngest Understand?
Dad and Mom
Discipline
- Controlling Your Kids
- Unpleasantries: Discipline and Teens
- PracticalDad Discipline: (Re)Grounding the Kids
Economics
- PracticalDad Price Index: February Retail Grocery Basket Cost Declines
- PracticalDad Price Index: January 2012 Prices Steady
- December PracticalDad Price Index: Prices Up Again
Family / Personal Economics
Family Management
Father Lessons
- PracticalDad: Knowin’ How to Do Stuff…
- Kids and Public Behavior
- PracticalDad: Honoring The Other Parent, Honoring The Other Child
Housework
Humor
- PracticalDad Slang: Of Opies, Forcepushing and Duckpecking
- If You Give A Mouse A Cookie, v. 2
- PracticalDad Physics
PracticalDad Solutions
- Playing With The Kids: How Badly Do I Want To Win?
- PracticalDad Solutions: Uniform Hooks
- “Do I Have To Go?” Taking the Kids Along
School
- Another Look at the Report Card
- PracticalDad and School: Austerity Comes Home
- Kindergarten: Ready? Get Set, Go
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