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‘Think Like a Baby’ now available in Korean!

Are you a parent? Would you like to know what’s really going on inside your child’s head? And do you also speak Korean? If you answered yes to all of those questions, we have some great news for you: Our fun and informative parenting book, Think Like a Baby: 33 Simple Research Experiments You Can […]

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Kids Book Review: The Bear’s Song

Our family loves the library. For us, there are few things better than setting the kids loose at the entrance of the children’s section, and letting them gather sacks and sacks of as many books as their tiny arms – and library card limits – can hold. Sure, we wind up having to carry most […]

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Read a free chapter from ‘Think Like a Baby’

It’s The Dad’s birthday! And since we’re in a celebratory mood, we’re giving all of our readers a gift: a free excerpt from our very own highly rated parenting book, Think Like a Baby: 33 Simple Research Experiments You Can Do at Home to Better Understand Your Child’s Developing Mind.

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Product Reviews

Five things never to say at the family dinner table

If you’ve spent much time on our site, you may know that we’re big fans of the good old fashioned family dinner. When your family regularly sits down to distraction-free, conversation-filled meals, your kids really come out ahead. But what should your dinnertime conversations be about? We used to think pretty much anything was fair […]

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Book Review: ‘Last Night I Had a Laughmare’ by J.E. Laufer

We’re reviewing gifts this holiday season! We’ve already told you about the best and second best gifts for parents ever, and now we’ve got a one for the kids in your life. Last Night I Had a Laughmare, written by J.E. Laufer and illustrated by Jeff Yesh, is a whimsical, rhyming story about a fantastical […]

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Events

D+D on tour

This week, the Doctor and the Dad are experiencing life on the road. That’s right, we’re heading to the Fairview Branch of the Santa Monica Library for a Thursday evening book talk and signing, then we’re packing everything up and heading all the way across town for another book talk and signing at Flintridge Books […]