Yearly Archives: 2013

Confronting Fear with @PeterShankman at #DadChat

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Peter Shankman sky-diving confront fearNo, that is NOT me in the above photo. I’m not THAT crazy! But, Peter Shankman evidently is. He is co-hosting #DadChat this Thursday, September 26 from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. PT/9:00 – 10:00 p.m. ET. When we discussed what topic he’d like to do at #DadChat he said the following, “…the concept of people giving up what they love when they have a child if what they love happens to be dangerous. Skydiving makes me a better person, and why wouldn’t I want to be the best person I can be to my child? Let alone teaching my child to understand and embrace fear, to learn from it. But ask some people, and I’m the worst dad in the world because I still jump from planes after spawning a young’in.“ How we Confront Fear is our topic because Peter has more or less expressed that sky-diving is easy in comparison to raising kids!

Who doesn’t feel afraid about being a parent, about blowing it, saying or doing something that will damage them forever!? We’ll confront these fears with Peter, ask questions, share thoughts and stories, and otherwise become the better for it!

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Staying Single is NOT Good for Your Kids

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24/7 parent cartoon

When I began dating again, after my divorce, I had certain desired requirements for any women I might date. They were simple – she had to be breathing. No, they weren’t that simple because my life at the time was far from simple. Raising two traumatized young boys alone meant, or so I thought, that I should only date women who also were single parents. I had my boys almost 24/7 in the beginning and later 24/7 period, now for over a decade.

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Because I Said So Kickstarter Comic and Number 100

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Kickstarter comic stripSee our Kickstarter Campaign and BE AT PART of i!

Our 100th Because I Said So comic strip does what many say you’re not supposed to do – we “break the wall” of the comic’s illusion and rules. Dad speaks with our artist Michael Voogd about our forthcoming Kickstarter comic book campaign for a book commemorating the first 100 Because I Said So comic strips. I think it’s a wonderful way to celebrate this milestone and I hope you agree?

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We are from Earth, Our Teenagers are IN Outer Space

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Thursday, September 19, 2013

Featured guests:

Cherylyn Harley LeBon – Co-Chairman of the Project 21 National Advisory Board – for “Political Talk.”

Pastor Drew Sams for “Spiritual Talk.”

Dr. Jennifer Weberman (The Parenting Playground) for “Therapy Talk.”

Today’s radio show is inspired by this week’s “A Dad’s Point-of-View” column, Our Kid’s Narrow View. But, as always, we’ll talk about whatever is on our minds!

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It’s Family Dinner-Time at #DadChat with #KraftRecipeMakers

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Kraft Recipe MakersThe Family Dinner is our topic this Thursday, September 19 at #DadChat from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. PT/9:00 – 10:00 p.m. ET, sponsored by Kraft Foods Recipe Makers. I’ve often extolled the virtues of regular family meals and there have been numerous studies showing their positive benefit for the entire family. Today, it seems harder and harder to all “get” together. Kraft is working to make the food part of it easier and we’ll learn about their wonderful new product – Kraft Recipe Makers – while talking among ourselves about the challenges of The Family Dinner at The Family Dinner Table! Anyone interested in winning a $250 Walmart Gift Card?

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Our Kid’s Narrow View

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Sean Penn as Spicoli narrow view

Due to recent events with my boys, I’ve given extra thought to how they view the world. We know that teens mostly view the world with a very large perspective – their own selfish needs. This is part of their DNA, part of their method to become independent, and as recent brain research has revealed, really part of who they are until sometime in their mid-twenties…hopefully!

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