Good Friday, heroes! I hope you’re surviving all this heat all right. We had 2 days that were downright pleasant, then it rained like crazy and now the heat and humidity are right back up to blechy now. Blechy…that’s the technical term you know. Stay cool! Welcome to the July 29, 2011 edition of fun [...]

(Editor’s note: Please welcome Colm with his suggestions to make traveling with baby easier. Thanks Colm!) Pack your patience! You hear this from so many sources that it can drive you a bit crazy. However no truer advice was given when it comes to planning a successful first trip with baby. This is the time [...]

John Fuller, the cohost of Focus on the Family’s Daily Broadcast, has written a book especially for men who are looking at fatherhood for the first time. John is the father of six (6!!) children, so he’s got quite a bit of experience and authority on the subject. There are 12 chapters in this 163-page [...]

Hello, Heroes! I’m so excited to be able to give away a 4Gb Flip Video camera, courtesy of T Rowe Price and The Great Piggybank Adventure! How amazing is that? I love giveaways. I wrote about The Great Piggybank Adventure here. In addition to the camera, our lucky winner will get 4 copies of the [...]

There are many moments in life when you can best teach a particular concept to your child; when they’re more receptive to your instruction. As parents, we look for those moments and use them as often as we can. Let’s face it, sometimes getting a child’s attention can be difficult these days. With so much [...]

(Editor’s note: Please welcome Leslie with her post on fear of the dark. Thanks Leslie!) When I was a little girl, I was very scared of the dark. While my mother only allowed me to watch age-appropriate movies, I imagined the “bad guys” from the animated films were hiding in the shadows and that creepy [...]