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A Parenting Milestone: Kids Prepare Their Own Breakfast

Posted on May 20, 2013 by

For more than a year, I have been letting my kids pour their own cereal and milk with the idea that some day they would be able to get up on their own in the mornings.  Letting your two-year-old wield … Continue reading →

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Caught cheating while reading my daughter’s bedtime story

Posted on May 8, 2013 by

“Daddy, you don’t have a very good brain!” my daughter reprimanded me this evening during bedtime. I had skipped a sentence while reading her bedtime story, and she had caught me red handed. She went on to explain to me … Continue reading →

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Trying out GoldieBlox on my five year old daughter

Posted on April 28, 2013 by

When I wrote about introducing my daughter Ayelet to legos a couple of weeks ago, a friend suggested I take a look at GoldieBlox.  The idea was to design a construction toy set that was geared towards girls and finding … Continue reading →

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A parent’s emergency mnemonic for bolting out the door with kids

Posted on April 20, 2013 by

Friday, April 19th was a hell of a day here in Cambridge.  In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, several communities went into lockdown as the police combed a 20 block area of nearby Watertown searching for the remaining … Continue reading →

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Every homeowner should buy a wet vac

Posted on April 3, 2013 by

I keep a superhero hidden in my basement.  We don’t need it very often, and so it generally sits quietly in the corner, ignored by the other household members.  Then, when disaster strikes, it comes roaring life, appearing out of … Continue reading →

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Shortcut: cleaning oily or greasy tupperware containers by hand

Posted on March 30, 2013 by

Over the holiday of passover, I find myself doing a lot more dishes than normal. We use completely separate dishes for the holiday, since the requirement to eliminate all chametz (leavened products) extends to all of our regular dishes, which … Continue reading →

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The secret of how Magna-Tiles work

Posted on March 3, 2013 by

Like many kids, my children love Magna-Tiles.  For those not familiar with them, they are transparent plastic squares and triangles with magnets embedded around the edges.  When two Magna-Tiles are placed edge-to-edge, the magnets stick together, allowing you to build … Continue reading →

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To my disappointment, Lego marketers knew what they were doing

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

As a kid, I was a huge Legos fan.  I would spend hours building spaceships, cars, buildings, airplanes, and anything else I could imagine.  Back in those days, each set of Legos came with instructions for three or four different … Continue reading →

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Shortcut: Toddler won’t wear mittens? Put socks on his hands

Posted on January 21, 2013 by

Everyone knows the phrase “you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.” That pretty much sums up my son’s relationship to gloves.  He absolutely refuses to wear them.  We’ve tried mittens, and we’ve tried gloves, … Continue reading →

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Being a packrat finally pays off after 16 years

Posted on January 6, 2013 by

I admit it… I’m not very good at throwing things away.  Ever since I left college 16 years ago, I have a hard time parting with anything that I think might be useful again some day. If you walk around … Continue reading →

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