Practical Dad
You Know You’re Spending Time with the Kids When…
- You startle a co-worker at lunch by sticking your finger in your mouth and reaching over to wipe a dab of ketchup off of his chin.
- You get sucked into a heated debate whether Marvel is better than DC and all the reasons that Aquaman is a loser.
- You're in public and state that you have to go to the potty.
- Your kid is in public and excuses herself to go to the restroom.
- You have kid tunes in your head and find yourself searching for Roger Day's Mosquito Burrito for your iPod.
- You can name the characters on iCarly and any other Nick/Disney live-action show.
- You rue the day that your kid refers to Barney as a giant purple cash-cow.
- You can look at your kid and notice whether something's going to fit before he even puts it on.
- You can visualize how something happened between the kids without even being there.
- Your kids come over to spontaneously hug you and try to pick you up.
- You tell them you love them too, now put me down.
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Basics for Dads
Child Development
- Does My Kid Need Deodorant Already?
- When Should Kids Start to Concentrate On One Sport?
- PracticalDad: When Can I Stop Taking My Daughter Into the Men’s Room?
Child Health
Child Safety
- Staying Near the Sick Kid
- PracticalDad’s Law Of Unintended Consequences
- Notes on Bicycle Safety - When Junior’s Not On the Same Level
College
Commentary
Communication
Dad and Mom
- Inside Your Wife’s Head: Defragging the Hard Drive
- First Time Events and Checking with Mom
- Dad’s View versus Mom’s View / Example #2
Discipline
- PracticalDad Discipline: The 25 Cent Solution
- Can I Take the Remote Away?
- Fatherhood and Discipline: It’s Not Like Television
Economics
- Fiat: A Car and a Currency
- PracticalDad’s Guide to Following the Economic Issues
- The PracticalDad Guide to the Credit Crunch
Family / Personal Economics
- PracticalDad’s Shopping For School Clothing and Supplies
- Spending Time On the Cheap
- Shopping Smart - Summer Menus
Family Management
- PracticalDad and Vacation
- Do You Write the Site or Does the Site Write You?
- PracticalDad Solution: The Details Sheet
Father Lessons
- Fatherhood Lesson #5: Stuff Flows Downhill
- Lesson #4: Dad’s Follow-through is Crucial
- Lesson #3: Your Child is a Blank Slate
Housework
Humor
PracticalDad Solutions
- PracticalDad Solutions: Uniform Hooks
- “Do I Have To Go?” Taking the Kids Along
- PracticalDad: How Do I Avoid New Experience Meltdowns?
School
- A Father’s Thoughts on Bullies
- PracticalDad:: Just Blame the Teachers?
- Checking the Returned Schoolwork
Youth Culture
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