GeekDad Book Review: The Modern Parent’s Guide to Kids and Video Games
It was a pleasure to receive Scott Steinberg’s request to review his new book, a parent’s guide to video games. Steinberg is the CEO of TechSavvy Global, Sears Toy Shop’s tech toy expert and a...
View ArticleData Mining and Kids Part 2: The Google Echo Chamber
In the first post on data mining and kids, I argued parents should be cautious when it comes to corporate data mining and advertising aimed at their children. Children are more prone to be influenced...
View ArticleTag Team Parenting: Raising Superheroes
Ever since he was able to look at a book, my son (6) has been fascinated by superheros, comic books and anything remotely sci fi. Whenever he was asked what he wanted to do when he grew up, he ...
View ArticleToo Much Geekery, Too Soon?
This morning, my son Leif stumbled bleary-eyed from his bedroom and the first thing he said was, "Dadda, if I had one more forest manna I would've totally smoked you last night." He turned six last...
View ArticleThe Power of Habit and How to Hack It
One of the keys to success in life is instilling good habits. We are creatures of habit and our kids are creatures of habit. We may like to think that our daily actions result from deliberation and...
View ArticleSo Happy Together: GeekMom Joins Wired
Almost two years ago at the GeekDad booth at Maker Faire, one question came up over and over again: "Yeah, but where's GeekMom?" My pat answer at that point was that, when I took over GeekDad, I always...
View ArticleDouble Time, New Memoir on Parenting Twins, Debunks Myths, Tells It Like It Is
Double Time is Jane Roper's memoir of her first three years raising twin daughters. I've heard Jane read from it and I can attest it's hilarious, serious and intimate. It's also gutsy: Roper bravely...
View ArticleThe 6 Trajectories of Autism
Calling autism "spectrum disorder" is spot on – it has as many degrees as the colors of the rainbow. That said, a recent article in the journal Pediatrics distinguishes six "trajectories" of autism –...
View ArticleJuggling, Balancing, and Having It All
Yesterday on the radio program Think Out Loud the topic of discussion was Anne Marie Slaughter's cover story in The Atlantic Monthly, titled "Why Women Still Can't Have It All." It is again about the...
View ArticleBrave Is Bad Storytelling for Boys and Girls! (Spoiler Free)
Brave is lazy gender making of the worst sort.
View ArticleA GeekDad’s Paternity Leave Diary
GeekDad Community member Paul Brown shares his experiences at the start of a 6 month stint of being a stay-at-home Dad.
View Article32-Year Study Shows How Geeky Kids Become Happy Adults
Academic success in school doesn't necessarily translate into adult well-being. If you want your kids to grow up into happy adults, a new study suggests what you may want to help them aim for.
View ArticleIf You Spank, Don’t Console
First, don't spank. Corporal punishment makes depressed kids who act out. But if you insist on whacking your children to teach them things like kindness, please avoid being an otherwise good parent. A...
View ArticleThe Joyful Moments of Being a GeekDad
We all have moments that bring salty water to our tears ducts as parents, but as GeekDads our moments are sometimes slightly different from others. We might feel it when our child acknowledges that...
View ArticleThis Week on the GeekDad Community
Our weekly round up of what's happening over on the GeekDad Community.
View ArticleGenCon VIG: The Best 4 Days in Gaming for Parents?
GenCon is one of the largest gaming-oriented conventions in the Midwest and uses the tagline, The Best Four Days in Gaming. GenCon is now looking to sweeten the deal for convention-bound gamers that...
View ArticleComing of Age in the Digital Age
This week, my first-born became legal. Not to drive, vote or drink, though; that comes later. My son turned 13 years old, making him eligible under terms of service to have his own social media...
View ArticleWayback Machine | How to Raise Racist Kids
You'd be surprised that doing many of the things parents think will avoid issues of racism in their kids, may just reinforce them.
View ArticleLet's Celebrate! | What “Really” Happened on Valentine’s Day
Two parents struggle to find time for romance on the day for lovers.
View ArticleKids With Low Self-Esteem: The Parental Praise Paradox
Praise is all the rage. It used to be a good thing -- the praised child builds self-esteem! Now, as all of us enlightened GeekDad parents know, it's a bad thing -- the praised child loses the drive to...
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