About 10 weeks ago now, my two oldest stepkids’ (12-year old boy and 11-year old girl) dad dropped a bomb on them (and us). During their bi-weekly weekend stay-over at his house, he sat them down and told them that him and their stepmother were going to go to a lawyer and file to terminate […]

Productivity blog The Daily Saint offers some tips on Teaching GTD to Young People. GTD stands for “Getting Things Done”, a productivity system developed by David Allen and detailed in his aptly titled book, Getting Things Done. GTD emphasizes simplicity, keeping the mind clear by keeping lists of tasks that need to be done, and […]

Documentarian Alex Newman is doing research for a show on stepfamilies in Toronto. I told him I’d post his announcement; if you’re in the Toronto area, and you’re a step-dad, get in touch with him!

LOOKING FOR PARTICIPANTS

A new television series, called Save Me From My Step-Kids, is looking for families interested in participating.
You get:

$1000- […]

Apropos of my post about kids and art, Daddy Types describes an art outing gone sour at the National Gallery. The first part of the post is an excellent example of how to share art with your children. For example:
Taking the kid to see art, contemporary or otherwise, just seems like the most […]

Last month I reviewed Lois Lowry’s The Giver very positively — it’s an absolutely great novel, for young readers and adult readers alike. So I had high hopes for another novel by Lowry, Number the Stars — hopes which were almost, but not quite, met.
Don’t get me wrong: the Newberry-winning Number the Stars is […]

On November 8th and 9th, I’ll be at Blog World Expo, here in Las Vegas, and that Saturday (the 10th) at PostieCon. Officially, I’m going as a writer for lifehack.org, but I’d love to hang out with other bloggers, especially other parent-type bloggers if anyone’s coming. Let me know if you’re going to be in […]