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Hottest Top Trendy Tech Toddler Trends List of Hotness
By Daddy Clay Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and research lately about kids, parents and technology. One of the clearest trends: kids are using technology at a younger and younger age. Many of the biggest tech companies have picked up on the trend and are now offering products aimed at the much coveted 0-9 year old demographic. Here are a few products designed to optimize that protracted software install we call “childhood.” Read the rest of this entry »
Good News, Dad News — Live Getting New Day and Time!
By Daddy Clay Monday, October 3rd, 2011
Yes, the best 45-minute, half-hour live streaming show about modern fatherhood on Ustream is moving. You can now find us offering keen insight, analysis, giveaways and awe inspiring stories of personal grooming every Wednesday at 3pm Eastern, noon Pacific. And if you don’t want to listen to Brad and Clay, no problem! Just hit the mute button and join one of the liveliest chat rooms on parenting that you’ll find anywhere online.
This week on Good News, Dad News: DadLabs says to Stereotypes, Who’s Your Daddy?
In this week’s show hosts Daddy Brad and Daddy Clay (aka Brad Powell and Clay Nichols) contemplate the ideal of the 50/50 marriage and recent trends in dads’ consumer spending. We reheat the Ragu ad controversy and talk about dads in the kitchen. The dads review the Cinderella storybook app from NosyCrow and discuss the changes in bedtime reading that apps and tablets may bring in the future. We will also review the new Mazda 3 hatchback. We will announce the winner of last weeks Swingline Stack and Shred, and will also be going away with new and improved Travel Crib Light 2 from BabyBjorn.
Please join us on our new day and time.
Dad, the App
By Daddy Clay Friday, September 9th, 2011
Austin is a tech town, and I do a bit of writing for the web, so I often get approached by parents concerned about kids and their digital world. There are certainly plenty of things in the virtual realm for parents to be anxious about — violent video games, bullying on Facebook, Miranda Cosgrove — but technology also offers solutions like net nannies, parental controls, and an “off” switch.
I generally feel that technology is not to be feared, but rather should be embraced as a tool to enhance parenting. As I look back on my career as a dad and husband, I can think of a number of apps that would have helped me along the way. For example: Read the rest of this entry »
How to Explain Your Midlife Crisis to a Second Grader
By Daddy Clay Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
If you are experiencing a midlife crisis, I have a strong recommendation: have or acquire a seven-year-old. I am grateful to have to explain my various 40-something compulsions to my second grader. Kids of this age are keen observers and quite curious. Under the barrage of their questions, the crisis-haver is forced to formulate elaborate rationalizations for kooky behavior which can prove very useful in subsequent conversations with a spouse.
For my specific mid-life crisis, I have chosen running through which to express my lunacy. After a lifetime of being borderline obese, I decided that I never wanted to be called “Big Guy” ever again. I also decided that running makes you immortal. So I run a lot. Read the rest of this entry »
