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12 Quick and Easy Natural Snack Ideas for Kids

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Feeding your kids natural snacks that are fast and easy to prepare can be a challenge for fathers who aren’t so natural in the kitchen.
Depending on how often you prepare food for your kids, the chorus of “I’m hungryyy… what can I have to eat?” may make you grab for your keys and wallet, [...]

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Why Dads Need to Dig in the Dirt

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Dads need to dig in the dirt, to plant trees, to find worms, and to grow low-hanging fruit for their kids. Here’s why.
There’s a really nice dad in my neighborhood. A dad who has the time of day for his kids; he speaks gently – it’s obvious how much he loves and respects them. I’m [...]

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Sprouting Wheat Berries and Oat Groats

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High energy snacks that are healthy and cheap to make are great to have available for hungry kids and parents alike. Sprouted grains make quick, simple meals that are as nutritious as they are delicious.

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Get Some One on One Time with Your Kids

As a father, it’s important to get some time with your kids, outside the usual routine – a date with your kids, if you will. This video is a little glimpse at a recent daddy-daughter date with my 4 year old. First, she shows us her recent craft project, a doll she made with mama. [...]

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Providing for Your Family isn’t about Presents, it’s about Presence

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I’ve been following the works of Jonathan Fields for some time now, mostly for the great insights on being an entrepreneur that I found in reading his book Career Renegade. Today, however, he wrote about something close to my heart – fatherhood. More specifically, the trials of providing for our families, and how that can [...]

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Fatherhood: 100 Ways to be a Better Father

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Fatherhood is a tricky proposition. We all want to be great dads, but chances are, our fathers never sat down with us and taught us how to be one.
And we don’t necessarily want to be our fathers. I mean, we want to emulate their positive influence on us, but we also want to do it [...]

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Hands Off! Children Who are Spanked Have Lower IQs

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The results of new research by a sociology professor show that children who get spanked have lower IQs than those who were not spanked, and those who were frequently spanked show a slower development of mental ability.
“All parents want smart children. This research shows that avoiding spanking and correcting misbehavior in other ways can help [...]

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Natural Remedies for Earaches

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Earaches are a fairly common childhood ailment, one that you can probably take care of at home with natural remedies. You don’t have to run to the doctor if you use some of these home remedies to take care of your child’s earache, and if you have the ingredients at hand, you won’t even need [...]

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Woodworking Projects for Kids: Free Online Resources

Woodworking for kids: woodworking projects with your children teaches basic skills for planning, measuring, and the use of basic carpentry tools.
Kids love to make things.
My daughter is always asking me “Papa, what can we make? Let’s do a project together.” And woodworking is our usual mode for making things.
Messing about with wood is one of [...]

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FTC finds that 44 major food and beverage marketers spent $1.6 billion to promote their products to children under 12 and adolescents ages 12 to 17 in the United States in 2006.

Image via WikipediaFrom the Federal Trade Commission’s website:
The Federal Trade Commission today announced the results of a study on food marketing to children and adolescents. The report, Marketing Food to Children and Adolescents: A Review of Industry Expenditures, Activities, and Self-Regulation, finds that 44 major food and beverage marketers spent $1.6 billion to promote their [...]

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