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How ‘Draw Something’ taught our child to read

Plopping our kids down in front of a TV, computer or phone screen isn’t exactly our favorite thing to do. After all, too much screen time can slow language development, impede academic achievement and contribute to obesity. But our family has found that, given the right amount of parental supervision (and a little luck too), […]

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A five-year-old reacts to ‘It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown’

Over the last year, our family watched a whole bunch of Peanuts holiday specials – on Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s and Valentine’s Day – and we wrote down all the amazingly adorable things our kids said about them. Well now we’re back to cover the one big Charlie Brown special we missed! So without further […]

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Potty Training in One Day: a review of a thing you would never believe is possible until you actually do it yourself

So how long do you think it should take to potty train a child? A month? A year? Approximately for-freaking-ever? Well you could do it that way. Or you could save yourself some serious time and do it like we did. We’ve potty trained two kids – in a total of two days. That’s right, […]

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What it’s like to live-tweet a vasectomy

Now that The Doctor has spent a solid 27 months of her life carrying and delivering three adorable little babies for our family, last Friday marked The Dad’s turn to finally take one for the team. So he got a vasectomy. And as a public service to all the dads out there who might be […]

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Darius Rucker’s ‘Learn to Live’ review: get ready to cry, parents

Let’s play a word association game! We’ll show you a word, and then you say the first thing that comes to your mind. Ready? Here’s your word: Hootie So what did that make you think of? We’re guessing it might have been any or all of the following: The Blowfish Hold My Hand Onlywannabewithyoo-ooo-ooo That […]

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One Line a Day Journal Review: the best Mommy or Daddy gift EVER

Spoiler alert! If you’re a friend or family member of ours, and you’re a parent, and we give you a gift any time soon, it’ll probably be this: Why are we going to give you this “One Line a Day: A Five-Year Memory Book” thing? Because it’s pretty much the best gift for parents ever. […]

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A four-year-old reacts to ‘Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown’

Valentine’s Day is almost upon us! That means love is in the air, and yet another Peanuts holiday special is airing on TV. So just like we did on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s, the Doctor and the Dad sat down this week with our four-year-old daughter Sammy and her two-year-old brother Freddy to let […]