A Brief History of Father’s Day: Father’s Day was officially signed into law as a permanent national holiday in the United States by President Richard Nixon in 1972, though it had been celebrated as early as 1910 when it was … Continue reading
Kids Say the Darndest Things… Of course, that was the title of a popular television show, first hosted by the late, great Art Linkletter (clip below) …and later by the still great Bill Cosby (clip below). If you’ve never watched … Continue reading
A Lesson from Beta Pictoris b: My 8-year old son and I were reading a recent article about a planet discovered in our galaxy named Beta Pictoris b. According to the article, this planet is spinning at almost 100,000 kmph … Continue reading
Is the weather being uncooperative? Is winter hanging on or are you faced with a rainy weekend? That’s no reason you can’t have a fun and memorable time with your kids! It’s times like these when you need to gather … Continue reading
Retro Games still have appeal: Recently, I began thinking back to some of the games I enjoyed playing as a kid, before the advent of video games (yes, even before Atari and Pong, Pac-Man and Donkey Kong — am I … Continue reading
Promote Activities that Stimulate Your Child’s Imagination: In my prior posts, I emphasized the importance of parent’s blocking out time each week to spend quality family time with their children. We also discussed the dangers of too much time immersed … Continue reading
The Digital Age and our Children Sure, we live in the “Digital Age” and our children are virtually born with a silver iPhone in their hands. Recent studies suggest that the average child spends more than 7 1/2 hours each … Continue reading
Take time out to enjoy your family… We live in a hectic, fast-paced world. It’s so common for every member of the family to be going in a thousand different directions and it’s easy to let our own busy schedules … Continue reading