Things Good Parents Do: Reader Favorites of 2008 (part 1)
(The Kochenburger fam relaxing at home in 2008…)
Things Good Parents Do, is a tongue-in-cheek (sometimes downright cheeky!) blog that added a little rascally wit and “wisdom” (HA!) into the parenting scene. I have enjoyed writing Things Good Parents Do, and our readership has grown–wildly of late! Though there are MANY outstanding parenting, dad, and [...]
Things Good Parents Do: Reader Favorites of 2008 (part 2)
(Jim’s fam in front of a door in Rome.)
Here are a few more fun posts I think you’ll enjoy if you’re new to Things Good Parents Do…(new material coming this weekend
Fun on Flight 1703 (The Zippy and Lippy Show or Dad Gone Wild!)
Christmastime 2007, my family and I traveled to New York [...]
Ain’t Nothin’ But a Twin Thang! (Sibling Rivalry x10…and what to do about it)
I have an identical twin. His name is Phil. Mine is James (”Jimmy” way back when, Jim now). So there was no cutesy name stuff happening, thank God. No Jimmy and Timmy, Billy Bobby and Bobby Robby, or Skeeter and Peter. One small grace in an otherwise graceless situation.
Many people would say to us [...]
BatMom! Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na…BatMom! Families in the News Part 7
“STEVENSVILLE, Montana (AP) — About 90 elementary school students in Montana have started a series of rabies shots after a parent let them touch a dead bat that was later confirmed to be diseased.” (Source AP, c/o USA Today, see link below)
Okay…here’s a good one. Bat-Mom shows up at school with a nature project. Dead [...]
Two Tykes on Trikes Cross Highway on Quest for Quisp and Quake! Parenting and Nutrition
The plan was perfect:
Snatch spare change from around house (steal from mom’s purse if necessary).
Drive tricycles to grocery store which was far away (2 miles).
Purchase Quisp and Quake cereal because mom wouldn’t buy sugary cereals for us.
I was 3-years-old when I hatched this scheme. Admittedly, I did have an accomplice, my identical twin brother Phil [...]
Do All White People Like to Hate Their Parents?
Do all white children hate their parents? One blogger who hit the big-time seems to think so.Christian Lander, (white guy) author of the humorous blog, “Stuff White People Like” is now the author of the top-selling book, Stuff White People Like: The Definitive Guide to the Unique Taste of Millions. In that book he [...]
Mom Drives Daughter to a Beat-Down: Families in the News, Part 6
“PHOENIX — Surprise police have arrested a mother they say drove her daughter and her friends to a rival’s home so they could assault her.”
One more from the chapter of “Jim’s Book” called…”Well I May Not Be the the Best Parent in the World, But At Least I’ve Never Done Anything THIS Stupid,” to [...]
Parents, If You Could, Would You Give Your Kids Up?: Families in the News, Part 5
“OMAHA, Neb. — The grandparents of nine children who were given up by their father under Nebraska’s unique safe-haven law said Thursday that they wished he would have come to them for help.”
Now this is a tricky situation because this dad who left all nine of his kids at a hospital had some seriously complicated [...]
Dad Beats Naked Boy Found in His Daughter’s Room: Families in the News, Part 4
“DELTONA, Fla.–An angry Deltona father whacked his teenage daughter’s boyfriend with a metal pipe after finding the boy naked in his daughter’s room.”
It kinda’ went like this…
–Dad hears sounds coming from daughter’s room around 3-4 in the AM.
–Dad proceeds to arm himself with a pipe.–Dad proceeds to daughter’s room and opens door.
–In [...]
Top 10 Things Parents Should Let Their Children Do at Restaurants!
I am begging all parents to PLEASE let your child do the following things at restaurants:
#10) Encourage children to whirl and dance in youthful glee around the tables. Note the look of enjoyment and smiles of appreciation on all the people around you as little Tiffany twirls and spins–(she is, after all going to [...]