Mom vs Dad! My friends wrote a book and I am thrilled to share it here with you! I met Tommy Riles through my activity in the blog world, He is part of the huge dad blog, Life of Dad! We have worked together and been friends for years. He is also the warm up […]
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Mellodees For The Kids! Read More! #Mellodees @Mellodees
Mellodees! It’s new and perfect for the kids! Mellodees is a musically-driven video property that features Dee the musical robot with music produced by Marshmello: Understanding the power of quality content, the dynamic duo of Moe Shalizi and Marshmello set out to create a cutting-edge experience for children. Today they proudly announce the launch of […]
Positive Adult Role Models Help Fight Adverse Childhood Experiences!
I became a parent through adoption at the age of 44. We worked long and hard to be able to complete that process and then were blessed to attend the birth of our child, and become his parents immediately. Before that point, we spent our time surrounded by nieces and nephews, the children in our […]
Paul’s Adoption Story For Father’s Day! #FathersDay #adoption #parenting #HappyFathersDay #Family #LGBTQ #gayparents
I remember everything like it was yesterday. I remember the first time the birth mother called us on the phone, as my friend was driving us to my parents house for Passover. I remember the birth mom calling and saying she had seen some blood in her urine and why didn’t we get ready to […]
I Vaccinate Supports and Promotes Vaccination Education! @IVaccinateMI #healthcare
I’ve partnered with I Vaccinate to share my story and this content is sponsored by IVaccinate. I became a parent in 2003 and have made it my business to learn about the healthcare that our children receive so that I can make smart and informed decisions regarding my son’s health and well being. I am […]
Dad 2 Summit Returns to Washington, D. C., And I Am A Speaker! @dad2summit #dad2summit
Dad 2 Summit Returns to Washington, D. C.! Yay! That’s me on the upper left! Speaking again at the Dad 2.0 Summit Conference! I am excited to be headed back to my favorite conference of the year, my sixth in a row, and back in my neck of the woods, our nation’s capital! I still […]
Mission to Mars – Space Camp For Your NY Area Kids This Summer! With A Discount For You! #MissiontoMars #Ad #NYC #NJ #CT #NY
The top choice for Summer Camp this year is Mission to Mars: MISSION TO MARS! is Sue’s Tech Kitchen’s (Randi Zuckerberg’s STEM Education and Entertainment brand!) first-ever STEM-Ed curriculum that teaches Five Core Competencies required for success in tomorrow’s emerging industries. This week-long educational program invites kids on an immersive storytelling adventure with Sue. While […]
Laffy Taffy Reminds Us To Laugh With Our Children on Father’s Day & Every Day! Plus Win Up To $2000 in Their Joke Contest! #DadJoked #LaffyTaffy #Contest #AD
Laffy Taffy Reminds Us To Laugh With Our Children This is just the type of “Dad joke” that I will tell my son! Sometimes I am funny, sometimes I am not, but either way, I get my 16 year old teenagers attention! Jokes, good, bad, funny, or not, are a great way for families to […]
Happy Birthday Son! Celebrating Our Son’s Birth Story on His 16th Birthday! #adoption #parenting #family #gayparents
Happy Birthday Son! May 28, 2003 we got the phone call. Something was happening. Be ready she said, I do not think I will make it to my scheduled C-section! We changed our flight and flew to Arizona and drove to the hospital. We met our birth mom for the first time. The next morning […]
Table Manners: The Social Skills That Get You Through Life! Guest Post From Grace Of @Blessed_Element! #parenting
Table Manners: Table etiquette may include: Which utensil to use. Your bread plate is on your left. Food is passed to the right The proper way to eat soup Behaving with manners at the table includes knowing how to interact with the others eating with you. It is at the table where my children were […]
Happy Birthday! Today I am 60! See My Adult Years in Pictures! w/Linky!
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Life of Dad Book, Out in May! It Is A Must Read! @LifeofDadShow #LifeofDad
Life of Dad Book First, I am excited to share the news about this new book with you, from two guys from the Life of Dad group that I have been a part of for several years. I have followed them on-line and listened to some of their podcasts on fatherhood, and am especially excited […]
Parenting Playlist: Curated To Help Us All Raise Our Teens! #ParentingPlaylist @parentandteen #Ad
Parenting Playlist They grow up so fast! That infant I adopted at birth is now in 10th grade! A high schooler! And also a teenager. Remember the terrible twos? Now I see those were the easy days! These years are much tougher. Our poor kids have so much more to deal with then we ever […]