Cosplay Family Spotlight: Vollmer Family
Cosplay Family Spotlight is a new recurring segment where I interview and spotlight a cosplay family. This week, I interview the Vollmer Family.
Continue ReadingCosplay Family Spotlight is a new recurring segment where I interview and spotlight a cosplay family. This week, I interview the Vollmer Family.
Continue Reading‘Kung Fu Robot’ is great as a graphic novel for young readers. What makes ‘Kung Fu Robot’ stand apart from the pack are the interactive features that pair the comic and app.
Continue Reading‘Dungeons & Dragons’ is a relatively new hobby for my friends and me, and we plan to keep playing. However, in the time since my group completed Wizards of the Coast’s ‘Princes of the Apocalypse’ and laid what remained of their level 10 adventuring party to rest, my wife and I had a baby. Of course, this is a good thing.
Continue ReadingCosplay Family Spotlight is a new recurring segment where I interview and spotlight a cosplay family. This week, I interview Camillia Courts.
Continue ReadingYu-Gi-Oh the trading card game can teach some valuable skills, if you have the patience to learn all the cards.
Continue ReadingCosplay Family Spotlight is a new recurring segment where I interview and spotlight a cosplay family. This week, I interview That One Cosplayer Guy.
Continue ReadingHomeDadCon, an annual convention presented by the National At-Home Dad Network, will be in Portland, Oregon, this year, and registration is open now.
Continue ReadingRecently, out of the blue, you confided in me, “Nobody gets me, Dad.” and my heart sank. But they’re wrong. Weird is wonderful.
Continue ReadingTalking about the threat of school violence can be tough to do without scaring young children, but it is an essential conversation to have with students.
Continue ReadingCosplay Family Spotlight is a new recurring segment where I interview and spotlight a cosplay family. This week, I interview Crunchums Custom Cosplay.
Continue ReadingNeed some ideas for creative outdoor play before summer? GeekDad’s got you covered.
Continue ReadingThe Academy Award-nominated documentary ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ is going into (relatively) wide-release this weekend and you may have been catching bits and pieces of information about it as it slowly makes its way into theaters nationwide. Is this a movie for the kids? Read on to find out.
Continue ReadingCosplay Family Spotlight is a new recurring segment where I interview and spotlight a cosplay family. This week, I interview Cos.n.Fx.
Continue Reading‘Power Play’ by Asi Burak and Laura Parker features video game innovations that are being used to affect social good, physical well-being, and mental health.
Continue ReadingCosplay Family Spotlight is a new recurring segment where I interview and spotlight a cosplay family. This week, I interview Mutants, Maidens & Munchkins Cosplay.
Continue ReadingThe author, who posts as ayakhalil on the site, shares their frustration at the comparative lack of attention given to Black History Month both in Islamic schools and within mosques, and has provided a recommended reading list for children consisting entirely of Black Muslim authors.
Continue ReadingMaking stuffed animals is pretty doable if you use the Howtoons strategy of simple shapes.
Continue ReadingScouts now have their own subscription box. Check out our thoughts on their preview “mystery box” offering.
Continue ReadingPBS Kids has just released a new app based on the show ‘Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood,’ but this time, its for parents!
Continue ReadingThe 2017 ‘Star Wars’ Day at Sea sailings with Disney Cruise Line are underway, but there is still plenty of time to join the rebellion (or Empire, whatever you’re into). Here Whit Honea shares information, plus his family’s experience and opinions. Now with a really awkward photo!
Continue ReadingCosplay Family Spotlight is a new recurring segment where I interview and spotlight a cosplay family. This week, I interview Chihiro and Chieko.
Continue ReadingOther parents have called this tactic brilliant, evil, and brilliantly evil. What do you think?
Continue ReadingI thought I was doing my daughter and the league a favor. I had no idea how much I would get out of the experience.
Continue ReadingDo your kids (and you) know how to evaluate information sources—and why it’s important?
Continue ReadingCosplay Family Spotlight is a new recurring segment where I interview and spotlight a cosplay family. This week, I interview Michelle from Sweet Destruxion Cosplay.
Continue ReadingCosplay Family Spotlight is a new recurring segment where I interview and spotlight a cosplay family. This week, I interview the McInnis Family.
Continue ReadingThe start of 2017 is the perfect opportunity to up your family’s game with respect to password security. 1Password makes strong password management even easier with their new service called 1Password for Families.
Continue ReadingGeekMom Jenny has been homeschooling her kids for over ten years. Read about some of the lessons she’s learned along the way.
Continue ReadingCosplay Family Spotlight is a new recurring segment where I interview and spotlight a cosplay family. This week, I interview the Colley Family.
Continue ReadingThe passing of so many famous people in 2016 plus two very British meditations on family life and the death of loved ones, has made me reconsider my 2017 resolutions.
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