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 […]
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School Buses in NYC Will Be Getting GPS This Year! Parents Can Track Their Kids in Realtime! @HereComesTheBus #HereComesTheBus
This is a compensated post on behalf of Here Comes The Bus. The NYC City Council passed a law in January that requires school buses to be equipped with GPS for parents to be able to track their children’s progress, to and from school. The solution needs to be in place by the next school […]
Kristen Bell & Dax Shepard’s New Baby Company, Hello Bello, Has Everything You Need! With $100 Giveaway! @HelloBello @IMKristenBell @DaxShepard @TheMoms #HelloBelloMoms #dad2summit
Kristen Bell & Dax Shepard’s New Baby Company, Hello Bello, Is Everything You Need! I interviewed Kristen Bell years ago for that tiny movie she did called Frozen! I was so impressed with her opinions, attitudes, and socially positive work, that I immediately started following her more closely through Twitter. Our politics aligned, and that […]
Dove Men+Care is Not Just The Title Sponsor at the #Dad2Summit, They Are Also Incredible Advocates For Dads! @DoveMenCare #PaternityLeavePledge
Dove Men+Care This is the seventh year that Dove Men+Care has been the title sponsor at the Dad 2.0 Summit conference, and they are a huge help to the dad community and this way, and many others. Firstly, they sponsor a full barber shop at the conference where us dads can get pampered! It is […]
College Savings That You Manage Seamlessly With The U-Nest App! @u_nest_future #Ad
College Savings With The U-Nest App! My son was born in 2003 and as new parents, we were not thinking about his future, but instead just about how many diapers we were going to need for the next week! I accidentally stumbled upon information regarding college savings plans the next year, when talking to an […]
What Could Go Wrong! The New Comedic Family Book by Brett Grayson! @brettgraysondad
I was delighted to get my own copy of my dad friend, Brett Grayson’s new book, “What Could Go Wrong?” It is his attempt at a comedic look at his journey through marriage, parenting, and depression. This book is a perfect fit for all of us because, since becoming a parent, I feel like if […]
Pregnant Families Alert! @BigCityMoms Throws The #BiggestBabyShower, And You Need To Attend!
Pregnant Families Alert! I attend the NY edition of the Biggest Baby Shower presented by Big City Moms, as often as possible. This is the premiere event for expecting parents, this is your pregnant families alert! This event is a must for everyone who is pregnant, thinking of having a baby, or a parent. All […]
Valuing My Independent Child With His Additional Card from American Express!
This post was created in partnership with American Express. The timing of this credit card training, and the extra independence it offered our teenager, was all a perfect set-up for his first real job. He is spending the second half of the Summer working for his Uncle, in my brother’s landscaping business. He has been […]
Our Father & Son Competition With NFL Lifestyle Apparel! #Ad @NFLFanStyle #ThisIsHowYouFan #NFL
I say that I am the winner! I just got my Jets gear from the NFL Lifestyle 2018-19 apparel collection, now available on NFLShop.com, Paul has had his for a week and has been wearing it all over town, and by that I mean showing off his Giants themed clothes in school! OMG, I am […]
Want To Entertain The Kids This Weekend? Search & Book Activities On the Acorn App, Right Now! @getacorn #Ad
“Honey, what do you want to do with the kids this weekend?” “I don’t know, what do you want to do?” “I don’t know, do you have a copy of the newspaper, or a local magazine?” “No, I don’t, go look on the computer for something!” This was our house when my son was younger. […]
Paul Prefers #BackToSchool Shopping @JCPenney! #AllAtJCP #MyJCP #Ad #fashion #fashionblogger
This is a compensated post for JCPenney. Here in New York City we are still two full weeks away from the start of school! Now that I have a national network on Facebook I still find it shocking that folks will be heading to their first school vacation when we will just be starting! I […]
Top Five Reasons Why You Should Add Your Teen As An Additional Card Member!
This post was created in partnership with American Express. Our son just turned 15. Our family life changes all the time as our son is growing up, and financial responsibility is something we have talked about for many years, and now we have a great chance to teach him how to handle money (and the […]
Retelling Our Son His Birth Story on His 15th Birthday! #adoption #parenting #family #gayparents
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 we went back […]
