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Product Review: Elf on the Shelf

We recently debuted Elf on the Shelf in our house. In case you haven’t already heard of it, EOTS is the newest craze in holiday-themed kid control. If the thought of Santa simply knowing whether your children are bad or good isn’t enough to prevent them from engaging in sleighfuls of coal-worthy behavior, you can […]

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Bad Baby Names

Bad Baby Name #9

Smaug. #BadBabyNames #NicknameForSmauglas? More Bad Baby Names on Twitter @DoctorAndDad!

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Playtime!

Playtime! Activity: Add ‘Em Up

So your little ones want to play a board game, but you’d rather not expose them to the high fructose corn syrup fantasy world perpetuated by Candy Land, or to Trouble’s sexually suggestive “Pop-O-Matic” bubble? We’ve all been there. Thankfully, here’s a game you can let your kids play that will keep their souls innocent […]

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The Junk Drawer

What ‘Gremlins’ can teach you about your little monsters

While you’re setting your DVR for Christmas classics and digging through your old holiday DVDs, we want to remind you of one festive flick you may have forgotten – Gremlins! In addition to a wintry backdrop and sweet ‘80s hair, this holiday movie also gives us a great analogy for how to parent our kids.

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Research For 'Rents

Daddy Does Dusting

How’s the housework and child-care divvied up in your house? Is Mommy rocking an old-school June Cleaver impression? Is Daddy pulling a Mr. Mom? Or are you working together to land somewhere in between? Well, according to research published just last month, division of labor actually has a major impact on the happiness of your entire […]

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Bad Baby Names

Bad Baby Name #7 and #8

For twins: Trite and Cliché. #BadBabyNames #SurprisinglyNotOnAnyTopBabyNameLists More Bad Baby Names on Twitter @DoctorAndDad!