It's seems like there's at least a few times a week where I'm home with
my toddler alone, we're both starting to get bored, and I think to
myself: wouldn't it be great if there was a list of activity ideas out
there I could just browse quickly and figure out what to do?
This group is all about sharing ideas for fun, educational, real activities that we can do with our kids. We've all probably been in that place. You know the place. Stuck with the kids on a rainy day. Already went to the museum, pool, park this week and looking for something else to do. Have 2 hours before an outing, and the kids (and you) are sorta bored. Hopefully, you'll find something useful here. And please share your ideas as well!
fun activity ideas, resources, and tools for you and your kids
Check out this post by Greg Burton, lifelong sports enthusiast and founder of Zoosse. Great points on how to keep your kids enthusiastic about sports (without embarrassing or smothering them). If I've seen "overparenting" anywhere, I've seen it in the stands of junior sports competitions. In this post, Greg provides 10 Do's and 10 Don'ts to instill a healthy love of sports in our kids.
Ignore all the slick advertising and the US News and World Report Rankings, check out the dark underbelly of what these colleges are really all about. Hear it straight from actual parents and students.
As a dad, you're biased when it
comes to your kids' first dates. When your boy goes out, he's undertaking a
rite of passage, winning over his first girl and doing his old man proud --
just like you did. When your girl goes out, though, she's running off into the
world with some grungy, shifty punk you can't trust, and what's she going to do
when Dad's not there to protect her?
One great way to bring out the
youth in your kids (and the youth in yourself) is through magic. Pull a quarter
from behind an unsuspecting ear, flip a chosen card out of a deck or make a
six-foot scarf disappear, and your kids will think you're out of this world. Besides, any
good father and prospective old man have to have a few magic tricks in his repertoire.
