By Daddy Clay March 12th, 2010

The SXSW festival taunts me. It’s in my own back yard, my Twitter feed is jammed with festival hashtags, email invites are flying around, and here I sit on the sidelines. Badgeless. Uncredentialed. Lanyard-deprived.

I am keeping with my “South By” tradition: meeting with a few people, dropping in on a party or two, then heading out of town for the bulk of the fest.
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Tags: conferences, Spring Break, SXSW, web
Posted in DadLabs, Fatherhood, Marriage, Travel

By Dad News March 11th, 2010

Calculating BMI Want to know your child’s Body Mass Index? (KidsHealth)

Portion Distortion How do you judge the amount of food your kids should eat? (KidsHealth)

Jump in Kids’ Sports Injuries Due To Overuse “Injuries are increasing because kids are playing sports year-round — often without seasonal breaks.” (Healthday)

Entire Family Genome Sequenced For First Time “Children receive 30 mutations from each parent, researchers find” (Healthday)

Thinking About Race In Pre-K Should we consider race and culture a factor when choosing a school for our children? (Dadwagon)

Tags: dad news, dinner portions, mutations, parenting news, race, School, sports injuries
Posted in Eating, Health, News, School, Sports

By Daddy Brad March 10th, 2010

I married well.  Especially when it comes to finding a partner in parenting.

My wife is intuitively gifted in dealing with children exhibiting bad behavior.  She has a knack for combining discipline techniques and conversation with a misbehaving child to bring about a positive leaning experience.  Me not so much.  By observing her methods over the years, I have learned that yelling loudly “what the hell are doing, go to your room,”rarely produces much of a learning moment; so I often follow her lead. 
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Tags: dads, discipline, good cop bad cop, kids and behavior, time out spot
Posted in discipline

By Dad News March 9th, 2010

UN Says Mother-Child HIV Can Be Eliminated By 2015 “It estimates that between $13-20 billion are needed for the period 2011-2013.” (AP)

Kids Born Via IVF Mostly Faring Well Into Adulthood “Because those earliest stages are different for children conceived through IVF, that could, in theory, result in differences in disease risks.” (Reuters)

Jailed For Taking Kids To Jury Duty How else will our children learn how the legal system works? (NYTimes)

Fake Nostalgia For A Pre-Therapy Past Are kids better off figuring out all their problems by themselves? (NYTimes)

Bully For You, Chilly For Me How should kids deal with a bully? How about parents? (Dadcentric)

Tags: bully, dad news, hiv, in vitro, jury duty, nostalgia, parenting news, therapy
Posted in Health, News, School