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A Mother’s Day present from our kids

Mother’s Day is coming up this weekend! And the Doctor and the Dad’s incredibly thoughtful children decided to give Mommy an amazing gift this year: They wrote this week’s blog post for her! From typing on the computer, to taking photos, to dispensing some truly sage parenting advice, our two-and-a-half- and four-and-three-quarters-year-olds have totally got this […]

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Two little kids read a parenting book … in their own words!

Haven’t gotten around to reading our parenting book, Think Like a Baby: 33 Simple Research Experiments You Can Do at Home to Better Understand Your Child’s Developing Mind yet? Today’s your lucky day. That’s because we’re giving you an exclusive reading of the book people are calling “super fun,” “fascinating,” “an easy read” and “the […]

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7 lessons our kids learned from ‘Take Your Child to Work Day’

“Take Your Child to Work Day” can be a truly enlightening and educational experience for kids in grade school all the way up through high school. By witnessing what goes on inside a real workplace environment, these maturing young minds can see how adults contribute to society, understand how their schooling is preparing them for […]

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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 top 3 reasons children’s bookstores are the best

Want to know why we think children’s bookstores are so great? Check out our top three reasons right here! #3 Children’s bookstores are filled with books. And books are pretty amazing for your kids’ language development, literacy skills, imagination and lots of other stuff. Duh.

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Contrary to popular belief, writing a book is NOT AT ALL the same as having a baby

Writing a book is a pretty cool accomplishment. And if you’ve actually demonstrated the compassion and commitment it takes to pen 200-plus pages of somewhat sensical material on a single topic, you have every right to be proud. So tell your family and friends. Tweet it to all your followers. Go on a talk show, […]

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Meet the Doctor and the Dad!

Wish you could stop peeling apple slices and picking up toys for like five minutes? Want to get out of the house and actually talk to some other adults for once? So do we. That’s why we’re planning a whole bunch of fun and informative events for parents, book lovers and Doctor and Dad fans […]