Do you remember the Youtube video that went viral about the three dogs that learned how to drive a Mini-Cooper? In case you don’t, I’ve included the clip to remind and entertain you. In the video, three dogs rescued by the SPCA in New Zealand are trained by professional animal trainers to drive a mini-Cooper. […]
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Pride and Its Flip Side: Teaching Children About Pride
Pride goeth before a fall (Proverbs 16:18) is a phrase we’ve all heard before and most of us understand what it means. People shouldn’t get all puffed up and full of themselves. No one likes a braggart and besides, in the end, a person with extreme hubris is likely to come back down to earth […]
The Book With No Pictures: A Reader’s Power
The Book With No Pictures is an intriguing name and concept for a children’s book. Or at least it seemed that way to me at first when an article on the subject caught my eye. The idea was novel and the kids certainly responded positively. Still, something nagged at me as I watched a clip […]
Why Your Kids Should MOOC
MOOC. It’s an absurd little word that sounds like the mating call of a moose. In truth, it’s an acronym for an online educational resource that’s trending in universities and becoming a valuable educational tool for students of all ages. It’s also a tool you might consider utilizing as a parent, especially if your child […]
Cutest Baby Videos: You’ll Laugh, You’ll Cry, You’ll MARVEL
Cutest baby videos. Every time you see that claim, you just know it’s hyperbole. But you can’t help it: you gotta watch them anyway. Because you love babies more than just about anything in the world. We do, too. For instance, these two little fellers who crack each other up. Twins are so awesome. I […]
Microwave Baked Apples: The Autumn Comfort food
Autumn comfort food, can you picture it, smell it? Another school day has ended and coming home, there’s a chill in the air. The ground is littered with leaves that crunch underfoot and there’s this feeling of something coming to an end. That’s because it’s the end of summer with all its freedoms and the […]
Maternal Instinct: Moms Just Know What To Do
Maternal instinct: psychologists can argue it out ‘til the cows come home. They can believe it exists or prove it doesn’t. But moms know the truth. And we know what to do. Moms know when a child is sick before there are visible symptoms. And when there is fever? Moms can come within a hair’s […]