My kids are 5 and 3, and if it is just me in the car with them, we listen to my music, which is mostly heavier stuff. A lot of My Dying Bride, Dominia, and Dimmu Borgir, along with others. I think they like the break from all the kid stuff my wife plays for them, because a lot of the time, as soon as they get into the…

My wife and I have 2 kids, one of which just started kindergarten, with before and after care. The other is in full time daycare/pre-k, which lets both of us work full time. Neither of us has any family nearby, and we haven’t been able to really connect with other parents, so it’s all on us.

Thanks! I’ll try.

We have an older set of harry potter books that we’ve been saving to read to our kids. It’s been a long time since I’ve read them - would a 5 year old be able to handle at least the first one? 

One method we’ve used with that is to pull out a bunch of boxes and let them mix their own bowl. Cheerios, Mini wheats, and Bran flakes, all together? Go for it. Every time they make their own creations and diversify a bit. We also let them know the day before that the next day will be something different - we rotate…

Ugh. When we were new parents, we had that with my son. He exploded in the car, and when my wife took him into the Cracker Barrel bathroom, there was an aftershock. Apparently she ended up with 3 women helping her, poop all over the wall, the kid, and her. That was about an hour into what ended up as a 5 hour drive.

In our last place, our cats turned the oven on more than once. Had to figure out how to lock it out to stop that from happening

I had a conversation with a flat earther a few months ago. He insisted that there are two earths, the round one we see pictures of, and the flat Earth that we live on.

Tips on hitting the brown note would be more helpful

I’m glad that The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep worked for you, but after I tried it a few times, it went into my ‘never see the light of day again’ pile. My son was wired listening to it, and I couldn’t stand the droning repetition of it. I even read the directions and read in the way the author recommends, but my…

I’m in the same boat with a 4 year old and a 2 year old that mentally exhaust us.

When we thought our son was ready, we went with the Oh Crap! method. We had a 3 day weekend with both of us off, and were ready. The first day of the pantsless weekend started, and we put some protection down on the hardwood floors to make cleanup easier. Right off the bat, he drops a deuce on the floor. No problem,…

I’ve done cyanotypes with my kids using the pre-made sunprint sheets. Now my son is always looking for things that will look interesting on a print, and has a few hanging in his room.

here you go

Last year I had to pull a 6 or 7 year old kid out of the water. He was swimming back and forth in a small section of the pool, and I could see he was getting tired. Luckily, I was standing there with my one year old when I heard him call for help behind me. He went down, and I was close enough to grab him with my free…

For those that have kids that don’t have a phone, I’ve found that the stoplight alarm clock we bought for my son works reasonably well. During the night, the red light is on, which tells him he’s not allowed to get up. When the light turns green, he can get out of bed and wake us up. It has greatly reduced the number…

It was a last resort. They both refused to brush, no matter what we did. Now, there are no fights, and they are eager to get their stickers. That fact that brushing is no longer a fight makes it completely worth it to me.

I found a great help for tooth brushing for my kids (ages 4 and 2)- the Oral B magic timer app. Every time they brush a little movie plays the shows a toothbrush brushing away the suds revealing a virtual sticker that then goes in their sticker book. If you have an Oral B toothbrush with some character on it, you can…

I lived in Baltimore until last year - not in the neighborhood in this video, but one nearby. Most of these buildings are around 100 years old. In the house my wife and I lived in, the mortar (and pretty much everything else) was is pretty rough shape. I wouldn’t call it shoddy or faulty construction, but I really…

This slime was a big part of my son’s third birthday party last year. All the kids loved making it. They were fascinated at how as you mixed it it started congealing into the slime. For the most part, the girls were really into it but the boys thought it was gross.