A Chuck Rant: It’s that time of year, yes it’s back to school. And, with the new school year, we have to listen to all of the tall tales of how our kids are over-organized and overscheduled. Who are these hand wringing worrywarts who fret that children don’t have enough ‘downtime?’ And, why do we [...]
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Are Kids Overscheduled?
Posted in Chuck, Education, health, Parenting, scheduling, tagged Dudes on Daipers, scheduling on September 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Captain’s baby activity report: Day 2
Posted in Chris, scheduling, tagged Chris, schedule on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Chris says: Thought it might be cool to share this. I know it’s kind of technical and, no, I’m rarely ever able to totally stick to it at all times. But, it gives me a general guideline of what’s going on and what I *should* be doing. Also, I’m rather OCD and need lists; so it [...]
More Wise Guys
Posted in Chuck, Education, Parenting, scheduling, tagged Dudes on Diapers, Parenting, scheduling on April 8, 2009 | 9 Comments »
A Chuck Rant: Chris, thanks for the post, “Hey, Wise Guy,” on the book “Becoming Baby Wise.” You mention there are two camps of thought on the book: those who essentially agree with the author’s premise that parents should utilize scheduling and those who think, “well, let’s have baby call all of the shots” (aka [...]
Hey, wise guy!
Posted in Education, Parenting, scheduling, Uncategorized, tagged babywise, Parenting, scheduling on April 7, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Chris says: Wow Chip, that certainly is a controversial issue you bring up there with that whole “scheduling” thing. Don’t you know we might piss off some folks? No, we really shouldn’t but there are some things I’ll expand on that might help dudes understand the principal, if they hear from folks with differing opinions. The basis [...]
Wise Up!
Posted in Chuck, Education, Parenting, scheduling on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Chuck Rant: Do you ever get those rookie parents with a brand new baby who just seem totally frazzled and out of steam? They’re like, “man, the baby was up all night. We had to take turns watching the baby all frigg’n night. Wa-wonk, wa-wonk, wonk wonk.” Or, how about those ‘seasoned’ parents who when they find out you have [...]
Stay-at-home Daddy log, day 1
Posted in Chris, Diapers, scheduling, tagged Chris, schedule on March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Chris: Well, it’s official, I’m a stay at home daddy! Yes, mommy went back to work yesterday (and after only 2 weeks, Mommy’s a machine!) and daddy got his first day at home with baby. The good news to report is that he’s still alive. So, I’d consider the day a success! I’m joking here [...]
