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Shock jock Mike Francesa shocks no one by saying something shocking

If you’re looking for a babysitter in the New York metropolitan area, you might want to cross Mike Francesa off your list. He’s the sports talk radio show host who completely freaked out this week because Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy missed a couple games to spend some paternity leave with his wife and newborn […]

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Bad Baby Name #11

First name: Peanut. Middle name: Buster. Secondary middle name: Parfait. #BadBabyNames #KidsWillCallHimDairyQueen More Bad Baby Names on Twitter @DoctorAndDad!

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The mom in this TV commercial is about to enter a world of pain

Have you seen the Bounty commercial with a little boy showing his baby brother how to use a straw to blow bubbles in his chocolate milk? The kid makes a truly epic mess, with thick streams of dark, sugary moo juice flowing out of his cup, over the sides of the dining room table, and […]

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The Junk Drawer

Celebrity Parenting Strategies From Stephen Colbert

Ever feel like you’re letting your kids watch too much TV? Maybe that’s just because you’re letting them watch a bunch of terrible, mindless, garbage-y crapfests. Or at least that’s how Stephen Colbert sees it. Check out this clip of Stephen explaining why he lets his kids watch as much Mr. Peabody & Sherman as […]

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Making Mardi Gras family friendly

Mardi Gras is a special time for the Doctor and the Dad, because it marks the anniversary of when (and where) we first met. Although it turned out that we were living in college dorm rooms about fifty yards away from each other at the time, it took each of us making a 1,000-mile road […]

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The ‘Muffin Top’ rapper loves it when you call her Big Momma

First, a bunch of 19th-century British children asked, “Do You Know The Muffin Man?” Then Seinfeld and friends wished everyone a fond “Top of the Muffin to You!” And now, mother of two Erin Keaney adds to this rich muffin-related entertainment tradition with the “Muffin Top Rap.”

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The Berenstain Bears theme song makes either no sense, or more sense than you could ever hope to comprehend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJKpcfm1qD4 Here’s what happened when a family of four waxed philosophical over the most cryptic lyric in children’s television. If you’re like most parents of young children, you’ve been subjected to way more kiddie cartoons lately than you care to admit. As a result, your brain is now completely filled with shows and shows’ worth […]