The Doctor and The Dad
Think talking with your hands is only for mimes, stereotypical Italian families, and people who cut you off during rush hour? Think again. Our latest article on the PBS Parents website shows how the gestures that you use can do wonders for your children’s language development!
The Doctor and Dad family has been sick with the stomach flu all week, so we’re keeping things light (much like the only food we can keep down at the moment). We invite you to kick back, relax, and enjoy the best kid-related comedy we’ve seen in a while:
Do you ever feel like your kids will only listen to you if you’re SCREAMING AT THEM AT THE TOP OF YOUR LUNGS?!?! Well guess what? You’re not alone! Getting kids to listen to us adults is definitely no easy task. But it turns out that simply yelling at those little mischief-makers is rarely the best way to […]
Believe it or not, there was a time in this country when modestly dressed mothers and fathers would wait to teach their well-mannered children about “the birds and the bees” until they were in high school, or about to be married, or maybe never. These days, however, parents are apparently supposed to launch right into […]
Communicating with your kids is super important. But it doesn’t always come easily. Check out this creative strategy one dad is taking to try to get through to his kids: According to writer/director/leading dad Will Reid, this will be the “first in a series of instructional videos” for his kids. That’s right. Dude was so sick of […]
The Doctor and the Dad (and the Daughter and the Son) are on vacation this week. And let us tell you, it is awesome! If you and your brood haven’t taken a big, relaxing break together lately, you really owe it to yourselves to schedule one. Research shows that family vacations contribute positively to family bonding, […]
Have you seen that “First Moon Party” video that’s making the rounds on YouTube right now? It’s a commercial for HelloFlo, this website that sends women care packages full of menstruation-related necessities every 28 days or so. The ad is a well-shot, nicely acted story of a young girl who fakes her first period to fit […]