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Prepare now for Daylight Saving Time


On March 8th that semi-annual tradition of changing the clocks and royal screwing up our kids sleep patterns returns once again.
I will not be kicked in the ass by the time police this time around. I will not suffer endless struggles and fights with my kids to get them to bed at 8pm when their [...]

The (non)link between MMR vaccine and autism


To vaccinate or not is a hot button issue with new parents these days, thanks in no small part to one 1998 article published by the British medical journal The Lancet.
The article in question was written by Andrew Wakefild, which made the claim that there might be a connection between the MMR  (measles, mumps, rubella) [...]

The problem I have with David After Dentist


If you are not familiar, the latest viral video making the rounds is David After Dentist. Briefly, Dad with video camera shoots video of son sitting in minivan stoned out of his gourd after a dentist appointment. At last count, it has over 5 million views.

Not to be the wet blanket at the party, but [...]

Man Twitters His Vasectomy


Kev Leitch is web developer, dad to 3, husband to 1, and an active Twitter user. Some may say a bit too active as last month,  Kev tweeted his vasectomy, live while it was happening.
Now, in some respects you kinda have to go whoa, that’s a line we don’t need to cross. But on the [...]

Stanford offers free Facebook course for Parents


Stanford University is offering a free class called Facebook for Parents. The course is being offered by Stanford psychologist Dr. BJ Fogg and his sister Linda Phillips.
It is not an online course, and right now the content on the website is a bit sparse (I suspect it will evolve and become much richer as the [...]