http://www.parentadventure.com/ Parent Adventure en Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:28:00 GMT Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:28:00 GMT info@parentadventure.com info@parentadventure.com http://www.parentadventure.com/images/title-banner-21.jpg http://www.parentadventure.com/ http://www.parentadventure.com/daddy-do-list-midsummer-checkup/ I was surprised to realize today that I'm about halfway through summer vacation already. I wrote a Daddy Do List a while ago about my goals for things to do... http://www.parentadventure.com/daddy-do-list-midsummer-checkup/#comments http://www.parentadventure.com/daddy-do-list-midsummer-checkup/ Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:28:00 GMT http://www.parentadventure.com/the-vaccine-song/ As you may have figured out by now, I'm very strongly in favor of kids getting vaccinated. Eventually I plan to write a third and final part of my Vaccinate... http://www.parentadventure.com/the-vaccine-song/#comments http://www.parentadventure.com/the-vaccine-song/ Thu, 15 Jul 2010 04:45:00 GMT http://www.parentadventure.com/parental-modelingnature-vs-nurture-part-2/ At family camp last weekend I saw a lot of examples of kids acting like their parents. It's the Nature vs. Nurture argument again. I see this at school but... http://www.parentadventure.com/parental-modelingnature-vs-nurture-part-2/#comments http://www.parentadventure.com/parental-modelingnature-vs-nurture-part-2/ Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:02:00 GMT http://www.parentadventure.com/family-camp-adventures/ My wife, son, and I got back today from the Salvation Army's Family Camp at Army Lake Camp in East Troy, Wisconsin. It was a great weekend! We had a... http://www.parentadventure.com/family-camp-adventures/#comments http://www.parentadventure.com/family-camp-adventures/ Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:41:00 GMT http://www.parentadventure.com/vaccinate-your-kids-episode-2-attack-of-the-celebrities/ In my last vaccination post, I talked about the start of the anti-vaccination movement. The whole thing is based on an unethical doctor named Andrew Wakefield, and a study he... http://www.parentadventure.com/vaccinate-your-kids-episode-2-attack-of-the-celebrities/#comments http://www.parentadventure.com/vaccinate-your-kids-episode-2-attack-of-the-celebrities/ Wed, 30 Jun 2010 04:05:00 GMT http://www.parentadventure.com/gender-debate-decision-day/ Well, today is our ultrasound where we have the option of finding out the baby's gender. And I've apparently lost the debate. My wife still doesn't want to find out... http://www.parentadventure.com/gender-debate-decision-day/#comments http://www.parentadventure.com/gender-debate-decision-day/ Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:11:00 GMT http://www.parentadventure.com/vaccinate-your-kids-episode-1-the-wakefield-menace/ There is no proven link between vaccines and autism. Let's get that straight right off the bat. Not vaccinating kids is dangerous both to the individual child and to the... http://www.parentadventure.com/vaccinate-your-kids-episode-1-the-wakefield-menace/#comments http://www.parentadventure.com/vaccinate-your-kids-episode-1-the-wakefield-menace/ Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:08:00 GMT http://www.parentadventure.com/combo-holidays/ Every seven or eight years, my birthday syncs up with Father's Day. It's never really been a big deal, except now I'm a father. So last year, they synced up... http://www.parentadventure.com/combo-holidays/#comments http://www.parentadventure.com/combo-holidays/ Sun, 20 Jun 2010 02:47:00 GMT http://www.parentadventure.com/daddy-do-list/ Since I'm on summer break now, pretty soon my son will only be going to daycare two days a week and I'll be taking care of him the other three... http://www.parentadventure.com/daddy-do-list/#comments http://www.parentadventure.com/daddy-do-list/ Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:19:00 GMT http://www.parentadventure.com/the-ratings-game/ It sometimes confuses me how movies are rated, and it's hard to tell by commercials which movies are really appropriate for your kids (looking at you, Shrek!). The MPAA rating... http://www.parentadventure.com/the-ratings-game/#comments http://www.parentadventure.com/the-ratings-game/ Wed, 09 Jun 2010 02:17:00 GMT http://www.parentadventure.com/celebrityadoption/ I read on MSN.com today that Sheryl Crow has adopted another son, adding to a very long list of celebrities that adopt kids. I think it's great that celebrities adopt... http://www.parentadventure.com/celebrityadoption/#comments http://www.parentadventure.com/celebrityadoption/ Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:57:00 GMT http://www.parentadventure.com/summervacation/ Summer vacation in our school district starts in a day and a half, and it can't come quick enough! Everyone of course is telling me how lucky I am to... http://www.parentadventure.com/summervacation/#comments http://www.parentadventure.com/summervacation/ Thu, 03 Jun 2010 02:09:00 GMT http://www.parentadventure.com/cartoon-evolution/ My wife got me a Looney Tunes box set a few years ago as a Christmas present. It has a lot of my old favorites on it from when I... http://www.parentadventure.com/cartoon-evolution/#comments http://www.parentadventure.com/cartoon-evolution/ Tue, 01 Jun 2010 01:41:00 GMT http://www.parentadventure.com/organic/ I hear a lot of parents preaching about how they only feed their kids "organic" and "natural" foods. I realize that it's a personal choice, but it's a little annoying... http://www.parentadventure.com/organic/#comments http://www.parentadventure.com/organic/ Sat, 29 May 2010 02:39:00 GMT http://www.parentadventure.com/helping/ If it weren't for my wife, I never would have passed pre-calculus in high school. She obviously wasn't my wife then, but we were in the same class. She had... http://www.parentadventure.com/helping/#comments http://www.parentadventure.com/helping/ Thu, 27 May 2010 01:32:00 GMT