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Read D+D at PBS!

This week, the Doctor and the Dad wrote an article for the PBS Parents website! It’s all about “household chaos” – how to identify it, how it can hurt your family, and how you can get it under control. It’s full of interesting research, helpful tips, and interactive diagrams like this: If you like the other stuff […]

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Ask The Doctor and The Dad

How do you get a kid to stop picking his nose?

Today’s Ask D+D question comes from an uncle dealing with a particularly sticky situation: My sister’s 9-year-old has a pesky habit of picking his nose…when bored, nervous, talking to people, YOU NAME IT! Obviously, my sister is embarrassed because she will be talking to her friends and her child will start “picking away.” She heard […]

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The Junk Drawer

8 ways becoming a parent is exactly like going to Mardi Gras

Every year, countless brave, adventurous souls leap far outside their comfort zones to do something absolutely crazy… They have kids. Or maybe they go to New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras. The truth is, we have a hard time telling the difference. Because when you really think about it, there is no difference between parenting […]

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Ask D+D: Why can’t my kid take a hint?

Today’s question comes from a mother in desperate need of a wet wipe: The other day the kids and I grabbed a quick lunch. I was trying to corral everyone over to a table while also balancing all of our food, drinks and a milkshake on a tray, when the milkshake naturally fell, bounced off […]

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The Junk Drawer

How having kids changes your life – now in chart form!

So the Doctor and the Dad recently celebrated our ninth wedding anniversary. In addition to giving us a legitimate reason to go out and eat excessive amounts of delicious seafood, this also spurred us to look back at everything we’ve done together over the past nine years. Know what we realized? As of right now, […]

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Ask D+D: Over or under?

This question wasn’t technically submitted to us, but rather to anyone who happened to see it posted on Facebook over this past weekend. But because it covers such an important issue for parents, we thought we’d go ahead and chime in about it anyway. Question: – The Funny FARM