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The Junk Drawer

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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Research For 'Rents

5 reasons you should bring back Family Game Night

Whatever happened to Family Game Night? Did it go out of style right along with hair scrunchies and Hammer pants? Or did we just get too old for our parents to force us to stay home and play games with them anymore? Well, whatever the reason, now we’re the parents, so we get to force […]

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Ask The Doctor and The Dad

Ask D+D: Why is your baby crawling like an MMA fighter?

Today’s question is a follow-up to a question we answered a few weeks ago. You know, the one where we pointed out how weird looking our son’s crawl was? Did you know your kid’s crawl looks exactly like one of my favorite Brazilian Jiu Jitsu moves? – Morgan

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Ask The Doctor and The Dad

Ask D+D: Over or under?

This question wasn’t technically submitted to us, but rather to anyone who happened to see it posted on Facebook over this past weekend. But because it covers such an important issue for parents, we thought we’d go ahead and chime in about it anyway. Question: – The Funny FARM

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Product Reviews

Product Review: Walkers

Here at The Doctor and The Dad, we’ve got a serious bone to pick with walkers. What kind of walkers, you ask? All of ‘em. So let’s get right to it. Baby Walkers

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Playtime!

Playtime! Activity: Block Party

Tired of your kid’s same old “build a tower, then immediately knock the tower down” routine? Add this simple twist to your usual block-stacking activity, and it becomes fresh, fun and educational, too! Who It’s For: Kids ages 1–5 What They’ll Learn: Counting skills, motor skills, measurement, comparison, how gravity works What You Need: Whatever […]