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Why We Should Hate Captain Underpants … But Don’t

Violence. Profanity. And characters prancing around in their underwear. Sounds like the ingredients of some R-rated movie that responsible parents like all of us would surely keep far away from our children, doesn’t it? Well we don’t know how to break it to you, but it’s actually a description of Captain Underpants, a series of […]

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Playtime! Activity: Riddle me this

Remember trying to solve riddles back when you were a kid? No, not the riddle of how to tease your bangs taller than Lisa Turtle’s or how to do that two-man Kid N’ Play dance without falling flat on your face. We’re talking about those brain-bending word puzzles that force you think about a problem from […]

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Playtime! Activity: Gettin’ Jokey With It

Think helping your child learn something always has to be serious business? A priest, a duck and a sandwich walking into a bar would totally disagree. Try this awesomely addictive activity with your family, and your kids will be cracking wise – and getting wise – before you know it! Who It’s For: Kids ages 4 […]

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Kids’ art: our latest excuse to talk about butts and farts

Like looking at art, but don’t like feeling pressured to come up with a bunch of insightfully pretentious stuff to say about it? Just do what the Doctor and the Dad did this week – skip the museum and go check out an art show at your child’s preschool instead! When your kids work on […]

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How to make your child an Action Movie Kid

If you happen to be one of those parents who is also a totally talented, movie-making special effects whiz, you can create some truly extraordinary experiences for your child. Here’s what we’re talking about, courtesy of DreamWorks animator Daniel Hashimoto and his three-year-old son James: As amazingly fun as those “Action Movie Kid” videos are, […]

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Product Review: ‘Alphabutt’ by Kimya Dawson

Ever since our kids first developed the ability to hear (by around 28 weeks after conception), the Doctor and the Dad have loved sharing music with them. There are lots of great scientific reasons to do it – music promotes kids’ language development, creativity and concentration, for example. But mostly we do it because it’s […]

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Daddies can do hair, too

Have you seen this video some shrewd dad from Shrewsbury, England just put up on Facebook? https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10201631236209743&stream_ref=10