23 Dec 2011
by Chris Scavotin Christmas, Holidays Tags: christmas cards, family and friends, year in review


Sending a “Year in Review” letter with your holiday/Christmas cards is a great way to let your extended family and friends know what is going on in your family’s life. But if you are going to write one, there are some do’s
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16 Dec 2011
by Chris Scavotin Family Matters Tags: just dad, quality time, relationships, saturdays, without mom


When are you at your best with the kids? Is it after fighting the daily commute home when you get yourself psyched up to walk in the door and say “Daddy’s Home!” Does that time go something like this? Moments after
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18 Nov 2011
by Chris Scavotin Family Matters Tags: dinner conversations, game, open question, parenting


I have to say that there is a lot of good insight contained within the Daddy-Man Blog-o-sphere. Another good example is today’s post at Daddy: fun stuff with my boy titled Getting the kids to talk. I am sure his degrees in Psychology,
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14 Nov 2011
by Chris Scavotin Parenting Tags: animal friends, bedtime stories, fairies and elves, fantasies, imagination, intellectual achievement, tooth fairy


A child’s imagination can create the craziest, most fascinating, scariest, incredible worlds. It can be filled with fun zany animal friends or sometimes monsters under the bed. Children can become powerful allowing magic to stream out
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02 Nov 2011
by Chris Scavotin Parenting Tags: Barbie, gender, girls, trackback
I was just visiting a few other Dad blogs and I found Oren Miller’s like-minded post on his site A Father and a Blogger, Pink: The Futile Struggles of Progressive Parents. I was planning on posting a Nature vs Nurture post and probably still
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23 Oct 2011
by Chris Scavotin Parenting Tags: authoritarian parents, authoritative parents, family values, mutual respect, One Rule
I am sure you have rules you want your kids to remember AND to follow... No whining, No hitting, No leaving the table without being excused, No talking with your mouth full, and the list goes on. I can think of at least 20 rules I have heard of
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14 Oct 2011
by Chris Scavotin Health and Wellness Tags: academic achievement, adhd, adhd medication, progress report
October, ...the weather is a little brisker and the school year is now in full swing. There were new schedules, changes in drop offs and pick-ups, and new school mates. All of this has been incorporated into your daily routine and you know
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03 Oct 2011
by Chris Scavotin Parenting Tags: baby bonding, bathtime, bedtime stories, Daddy Do's, New Dad, newborns, rituals
You ain’t the Mama! That’s a fact. And unless you’re a stay-at-home dad during your child’s infancy, you will have to go the extra mile to get anywhere near the parental bond that the your new child has with his or
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25 Sep 2011
by Chris Scavotin Parenting Tags: advice, commuting, grouchy, returning home, tired dad, zombie dad
It's the end of a tough Monday. Whew! You made it. You got up early to get a good start to your week, but you are paying for it now. You are tired, stuck in traffic on your commute home, and looking forward to relaxing and recharging.
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20 Sep 2011
by Chris Scavotin Society Tags: adhd, Industrial Age, Information Age, modern classroom, public education, standardized testing, teens, video games
In December of 2010, the AFP reported the three-yearly OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) report, which compares the knowledge and skills of 15-year-olds in 70 countries around the world, ranked the United States 14th out of 34
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