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The Far Reaching Effects of Raising Grateful Children
Social relationships are filled with moments of giving and receiving. Gratitude is an important way that these relationships stay smooth. As parents, we are...
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Deal Alert on Sam’s Club Memberships
This IS a deal alert: The annual Sam's Club membership deal has returned to Groupon!
Even if you're not a bulk-shopping kind of family,...
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Arrr you going to Pirate’s Revenge Haunted House?
I'd never taken my kids to a haunted house before.
First Born used to get scared reading pages of books that had dark coloring on them,...
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Hot Lunch or Sack Lunch?
This post is mainly crowd sourced information, and for that I thank the followers of my Facebook page, A Dad Influence.
Here's the question I...
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Amazon Deal Of The Day: Halloween Costumes are 50% Off!
Hurry, hurry: Amazon's Deal of the Day on today, Wednesday 10/7 is 50% off Halloween costumes!
Deal is good on select costumes for men, women,...
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Is a little effort too much to ask?
Over one hundred fourth grade girls stood impatiently at the starting line. It was the first cross country meet of the season. POW! When...
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Yogisms for Parents
Yogi Berra was a baseball legend. He was also well-known for the things he said. Many of his wise words could directly be applied to...
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#TerribleGiftsForA4YearOld
Trending hashtags on Twitter is not something I pay particularly close attention to, but every once in a while, one catches my eye and...
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Parenting with a little help from Siri
Siri, the "personal assistant" on Apple's iPhone can be helpful to a parent in a variety of ways, but first, you need to make...