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Inside Fatherhood

May 30th, 2007

Playground Set For the Kiddos

My wife and I finally made a decision last week to go ahead and purchase a playground set from Sam’s Club for the kids. This thing is huge. Check out the image of this thing when it is all put together:

Well we have been getting some help from our family. Jess’s brothers have been over […]

By steve -- 6 comments

May 21st, 2007

Top 5 Strategies to Reduce Clutter

I probably shouldn’t be giving this advice as my house is always in complete ruins, but maybe it just means I have more experience when it comes to dealing with clutter. Either way, you can take my advice or leave it. I know with 5 kids running around the house and the oldest being 7 […]

By steve -- 6 comments

May 19th, 2007

Families Without Fathers Are More Likely to Create Problems

Today we see more and more single parent families and thus has a huge impact on the outcome of our youth. Children who grow up in single parent families are more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol, live in poverty, drop out of school, and become teenage parents.
They believe this is coupled with the […]

By steve -- 0 comments

May 16th, 2007

10 Month Old Gets Gun ID Card

See this is how it’s supposed to be. According to Illinois law there are no age restrictions on receiving Gun ID Cards which are required for residents to purchase or possess firearms or ammunition. So daddy goes out and issues his 10 month old son a firearm owner’s identification card. Funniest part of the whole […]

By steve -- 1 comment

April 23rd, 2007

Another Vacation Week Has Come and Gone

Sheesh!
I love my kids. Ok with that said, they should never be allowed to have vacation weeks at school. Maybe summers. I guess I could manage that somehow but every time the schools send the kids home on vacation I get further and further behind…
Sounds selfish doesn’t it? Well it is…
My kids […]

By steve -- 1 comment

April 2nd, 2007

Dad Center Looking For Writers

Are you interested in writing articles? If so Dad Center is looking for volunteer writers to submit articles, advice, product reviews, do it yourself type stuff, and even recipes. There is a group of writers and editors but they are looking for people to submit stuff in. There is no obligation. So you can submit […]

By steve -- 0 comments

March 26th, 2007

Does Day Care Produce Bad Acting Kids?

I am not opposed to Day Care as a last resort, however I do firmly believe that Day Care can cause some real behavioral problems among children. So even though I think they should be used for last resort I also believe there is a trade off. You may need Day Care but at the […]

By steve -- 4 comments

March 24th, 2007

When Mommies Head Off to War

When you stop and think about how this world has changed in just a short amount of time it is phenomenal. From the train, to the car, to the airplane, to the space shuttle, to Mars… where does it end. But not only have technological advances taken place in the last 100 years but our […]

By steve -- 2 comments

March 22nd, 2007

Hot Tubs Reduce Fertility in Men

OK so the joke is on me. No I do not own a hot tub and yes I have 5 kids under the age 7. So am I a walking case study? Who knows. But thanks to Fertility Blog for pointing out a recent study done which took 11 men and monitored their behavior and […]

By steve -- 4 comments

March 16th, 2007

When Kids Squabble Over The Toy Box

When I first began having kids it was great to give my kids toys to play with. When it was just my oldest she could come and go as she pleased. The toy box was hers. Then after our 2nd started playing with toys it was all about sharing with your little brother. Toys were […]

By steve -- 1 comment