Pete Gilbert

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I don’t want my kids to go to college. There I said it.

Brian "Pete" -
Even though our oldest is only in the 4th grade, my wife and I have already started thinking about college for our kids. We've done...
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Things I say to my kids every day (In addition to I love you)

Brian "Pete" -
No matter what, every day I find myself saying these six things to my kids.   1. “You are smart.” Plenty of other people will tell them...
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Childhood…What’s changed? Everything and Nothing. SPONSORED

Brian "Pete" -
Growing up, at 8:30am on a Saturday morning, you could find me sitting cross legged on the floor, wearing my favorite baseball pajamas, staring...
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Arrr you going to Pirate’s Revenge Haunted House?

Brian "Pete" -
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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Things I learned on my Kindergartener’s Field Trip to the Pumpkin Patch

Brian "Pete" -
Drive your own car. There's not a worse way to start a field trip, than sitting on a school bus with two dozen five...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis

Brian "Pete" -
I'm not going to lie, even though it's only been open for a couple of weeks, I've already been to the Teenage Mutant Ninja...
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Hot Lunch or Sack Lunch?

Brian "Pete" -
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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Is a little effort too much to ask?

Brian "Pete" -
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

Brian "Pete" -
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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Crust

Brian "Pete" -
Crust (noun) - Definition- "The despicable border that encircles and suffocates an otherwise perfectly normal piece of bread." How is there such a universal child...
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