The Doctor and The Dad
Here at the Doctor and the Dad, we’re always giving parents tips for teaching stuff to their kids. But sometimes, children learn the most powerful lessons all by themselves. Just ask our just-turned-two-year-old son. Earlier this week, mere days before his birthday, our fearless little Freddy pulled a naptime family first – he escaped from […]
Think you always need flashcards, calculators and textbooks to teach stuff to your kid? Think again. As this fun activity shows you, all you really need are your faces! Who It’s For: Kids of all ages What They’ll Learn: Empathy, social skills, acting chops What You Need: You and your kid, the ability to move your facial muscles
This week our family hit a major milestone – our firstborn child told her first big lie. And you know what’s worse? She told it…to cover up a crime! The evidence was pretty damning. We started finding little clumps of cleanly snipped hair all over the house. In the bathroom sink. On the kitchen floor. […]
Want an easy way to get your kids to help out around the house more? Of course you do. We all do. That’s why the Baby Mop exists. (Too bad it stops working as soon as your baby starts toddling.) And for the life of us, we just can’t understand why they’ve yet to make a toy vacuum […]
Kids these days have too many toys. It’s a fact. Your kids, our kids, the kids who live next door, and the kids screaming their little heads off right in front of you in the checkout line at the toy store. They all have way more toys than any of them actually need, and way […]