The Doctor and The Dad
As a parent, you want what’s best for your kids, right? That’s why you buckle them into their car seats, make them eat all their vegetables, and read plenty of parenting articles like this one. After all, if there’s something your babies need, by golly you’re going to give it to them! There’s only one […]
When you become a parent, you also become a teacher. Some things we teach our children are useful – letters, numbers, how to say “Mama” and “Dada,” and the fact that diving headfirst down the stairs causes serious “owies.” Other things aren’t quite so important. Why exactly do we think our kids need to know […]
School’s out for the summer! But that doesn’t mean your kids have to take a vacation from learning. Our latest article on the PBS Parents website shows parents a really easy way to help their kids keep on learning all summer long – simply by playing!
Has your child ever flown a unicorn right out of the house? Forged a peace treaty with thimble-sized aliens? Or become the first person to open a fast casual fondue restaurant on the moon? It’s all possible…with a little imagination. And helping your kids develop some super-powerful imagination skills is what our newest article on […]
Father’s Day is almost here, so it’s the perfect time to sit back and reflect on just how delightful dadhood can be. We decided to celebrate the big day in the most “Doctor and Dad” way possible – by reading a research survey about the thoughts and feelings of modern day dads, and then writing […]
If you’ve been reading our updates about what having three kids is really like, you know that adding that third kiddo seems to have resulted in at least one person in our family being sick all the freaking time. So I guess you could say we’re kind of experts on the subject. (Yippee.) That’s why […]
Toys. They’re everywhere these days. Although their natural habitat is a well-organized chest in your child’s room, they frequently migrate to places like the living room, kitchen table, the car, your bed and of course, directly under your feet in a dark hallway in the middle of the night. What’s worse, new toys threaten to […]