Dads Getting Shafted on Father’s Day?
Geoff Williams thinks dads get the shaft on Father’s Day. Maybe he needs to come check out my house.
Williams bemoaned his package of boxer shorts and flip light for reading at night in a Parenting essay featured on CNN this week, comparing them rather unfavorably to the cherry tree and match bird bath he’d picked out for his wife for Mother’s Day. Continue reading »
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Hey Kid, Open Your D*$M Present
Part of being a parent is attending a LOT of kiddie birthday parties. And when I tell you things have changed, I don’t just mean the size of the affairs.
When did kids stop opening presents during their parties? Continue reading »
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Would Your Green Toddler Forgo Unwrapping Presents?
At first blush, Echoage, a service that aims to allow eco-minded parents and kids to tame the excesses of birthday giving by encouraging guests to give cash online, to be split 50-50 between a cause and one big gift, would seem to made for me.
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Tags: Axel-Lute, birthday parties, echoage, eco baby, environmentalism, gifts, green baby, presents
