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ManvDadhood

I am a man, and by my wife’s standards that makes me flawed. My challenge to parents, and to myself, is not to teach my kids about the kind of person I hope them to become one day, but to become that person today.


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It’s Okay To Grow Up With Comics

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When I started reading comics as a child, my only thought was, COOL!  When I was in high school I had to take public transportation over an hour to get home, and comic books helped to pass that time. In fact I found a small comic shop in downtown Seattle that was a shelter for [...]

The HTC One is the Gateway Drug For iPhone Users

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The release of the HTC One created not only a solid competitor for Samsung Galaxy S4, but also a gateway device to bring new Android converts from Apple. A review of HTC One by one of my favorite geek websites said it best in there headline, “Android power with iPhone style”. There’s no doubt that [...]

The Technology We Thought We Could Live Without

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Have you ever thought about the amount of technology we have in our homes compared to just 10 years ago?  What about 20 years ago?  There is so much technology that we claim to need, but we even remember what life was like before all of it? Who did we play with before Xbox Live, [...]

Building Champions pt.1 – Getting Your Kids to Eat Healthy Foods

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When it came to feeding our kids, many nights I let convenience get in the way of the best healthy choices. In the midst of cleaning, laundry, potty-training, sleep-deprivation, and coffee-consumption I would often lose the battles of viable food options. If we let them, my kids would eat like college kids and live off [...]

Child-Proofing Your iOS Device

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In the arsenal of parenthood, the cell phone has become an amazingly powerful tool. We stay in touch with babysitters, schedule multiple busy lives, scrapbook, document priceless moments in video and pictures, communicate with family members across the country, find encouragement on social media, and even give these devices to our kids so we can [...]

World Autism Awareness Day 2013 – #WAAD

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Today is World Autism Awareness Day 2013.  I am not going to make any sweeping generalizations about people with Autism, nor will I give you the definition of the disorder, because you will be able to find it everywhere online today.  Instead, I want to take a moment and remember the many kids I’ve met [...]

Cheating Friend #DadsRT Recap

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This week we had another great Wednesday Night #DadsRT Chat!  Actually, I think they are all great, but I am obviously biased.  For those who are not Twitter-Junkies or have trouble deciphering the the multiple conversations, inside jokes or #ObnoxiouslyLongHashtags, I am posting a report about the chat for all to see.  HashTracking.Com is the [...]

#DadsRT Chat Shout Outs!

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The Wednesday Night #DadsRT Chats are a great opportunity for us to really get to know and engage with our audience.  We enjoy debating and discussing the topic of the week, and also getting temporarily lost in side tangents as well.  We enjoy you, because you are more than an audience, you are our community.  [...]

Education Reform

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There is no debate over the fact that the Education System is broken.  In fact, even the best schools operate within this broken system.   As an educator myself, and as a dad with two kids (one of which is in kindergarten right now), I understand that they will go through this system before any [...]

A Valentine’s Day Round Table

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We do not refer to ourselves as experts in parenting, and this goes double for romanticizing our wives.  So in honor of Valentine’s Day, some of our founding members are sharing our attempts and shortcomings in trying to strut-our-stuff on this sacred holiday.  James Hudyma: February 14, 1983.  I was 8 years old and head-over-heals in [...]