SuburbanDaddy

This weekend we went to that suburban mecca otherwise known as The Mall. Normally, I hate anything to do with shopping, and malls are all about shopping.
But malls are also an excellent place to take kids. Lots of space to roam free. They can be loud, at least louder than I can [...]

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Toddlers are notoriously headstrong and their favorite word is “no”. Time to get dressed. No! Time to go to bed. No! Stop standing on the couch. No! Take those peas out of your nose. No! No! No!
So, what’s a parent to do? Just use reverse psychology. [...]

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It’s always the case that originals are the best. In movies, the original always beats the sequels (see Star Wars, Rocky, Godfather, Shreck). After all, if the original weren’t so good, there wouldn’t be any sequels in the first place. I find this logic holds true with the Baby Einstein videos.
The early [...]

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According to last week’s poll, girls are harder to raise than boys. Most of you said the main reason was teenage girls and dating.
This week’s parenting poll is to find out how many kids is ideal. Obviously the ideal number of kids is subjective. I think it probably has to do [...]

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Thing 2 loves to entertain. Dancing, skipping, singing, you name it. It doesn’t matter if anyone is actually watching him. I think he just likes to put on a show for himself.

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The aliens returned two, but still have one.
At dinner tonight, Thing 1 ate all his fruit and vegetables. No bargaining, no pleading, no bribery. Then he had a bath, and asked to go to bed. At 7pm. No bargaining, no pleading, no bribery.
Usually, Thing 1 insists he go to bed after [...]

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I often hear that boys are easier than girls from a parenting perspective. These same “experts” say girls are easier when they are young, but it changes as they become teenagers. With three boys I don’t have much to go on. What say you?

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Thing 1 is hardly the Great Communicator. We usually need to pry information from him, and then it’s only 50% accurate and 50% preschooler imagination. But recently I’ve discovered he has his own, subtle way of communicating.
Yesterday he had a not so good day at preschool. We received the dreaded “incident report”, [...]

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