One constant battle that we face in our house is trying to decide what movies and shows are appropriate for our eight year old. Commercials, print ads, and his friends constantly are bombarding our son with previews of TV shows, DVDs, and movies.
My wife strongly prefers to preview the programs before Max gets to see them. This works well with TV shows. I generally can get a yea or nay on a show before the first commercial break. DVDs have gotten easier to preview & judge thanks to the wonder that is Netflix. We'll get a
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For the longest time, I resisted my son’s pleas for a Pokémon trading card game. Ditto for Bakugan, Digimon, and a slew of other nonsense words that he threw at me. I didn’t know very much about it at the time, but the cartoon looked cheesy (it is), the game sounded complicated (it is), and I was pretty sure the whole thing would end up costing me a princely sum of money (it has).
When Max got a $25 Amex gift card for his eighth birthday, I made the mistake of telling him that he could spend it on anything that
When Max got a $25 Amex gift card for his eighth birthday, I made the mistake of telling him that he could spend it on anything that
Recently, I wrote about the benefits of eating dinner at a restaurant with your children. For me, one of the best things about dining out is the lack of distractions- no laptops, tvs, etc. So, following an afternoon of shopping with two of my kids and a quick visit to the doctor, I decided to reward all three of us with dinner at a restaurant for good food and conversation.
I suggested three restaurants and told each child to delete one restaurant from the list. Whatever restaurant remained would be our destination. With no arguing (Woohoo!), a restaurant survived the process
I suggested three restaurants and told each child to delete one restaurant from the list. Whatever restaurant remained would be our destination. With no arguing (Woohoo!), a restaurant survived the process
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