As previously announced, I’m finishing up here at Inside Fatherhood.
I’d like to thank b5 media as they’ve been a pleasure to work with and are an incredibly nice group of people who I am very glad to have known. I would also like to thank all the readers and bloggers I’ve met as well as sponsors of past and present giveaways.
Thanks again to all of you and I hope you will continue to read along with me at Fatherhood Matters.com.
Don’t handicap your children by making their lives easy.~Robert A. Heinlein
Hi folks! I’s time to announce the winner of the Your Baby Can Read starter edition DVD and words cards Bloggy Giveaway!
There were tons of great responses, so I used a random number generator to pick the winner from those who left an appropriate comment. For those of you who didn’t win, I still have a giveaway going on over at Fatherhood Matters if you’re looking to win something!
And the winner is…… Tom, who left a great comment about reading with his kids. He said that reading is important to help develop cognitive skills, but also a great way to interact with kids.
Thank you all for entering and keep reading to your kids! It’s important on so many levels. If you didn’t win,you can buy a copy on Your Baby Can Read!
Thank you very much to Your Baby Can Read!
In the coming days I will be transitioning from writing on Inside Fatherhood to Fatherhoodmatters.com. This site will be discontinued in its current format for the time being so I hope that you will all join me on my new blog for similar content and a fresh approach.
Please sign up for the Fatherhood Matters RSS feed and continue to read along as I comment on a range of matters concerning fatherhood.
Thank you very much to the folks at b5 media, you’ve been a pleasure to work with, kind people and a great organization.
Again, I hope you will all continue to read along at FatherhoodMatters.com
The Bloggy Giveaway Carnival is live and there is a Goodnight Moon giveaway going on over at FatherhoodMatters.com. Check it out and good luck!
* UPDATE - This contest has closed. Please visit FatherhoodMatters.com for another bloggy giveaway contest. *
In the spirit of the Bloggy Giveaway Carnival I’m giving away a copy of Your Baby Can Read starter edition DVD and words cards.
To enter to win, leave a comment on this post telling me why you think it’s important to emphasize reading and writing in children from an early age. The contest is open only to those of you in the U.S. due to shipping expense and restrictions. Please make sure you’ve entered your email address in the comment form so I have a way to contact you if you win.
If you just want to buy a copy, the Your Baby Can Read!
Good luck and thank you very much to Your Baby Can Read!
Hello parents and consumers. This week there were five child-related products recalled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). If the names of any of these products sound familiar or you think you might own them, visit the link with each listing below to find pictures and/or part numbers of the items in question. If an item you own is recalled, take it away from your child immediately and visit the CPSC for details on repair, replacement or refund.
July 24 - It’s MY Binky Recalls Personalized Pacifiers
- Choking Hazard
- http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08336.html
July 24 - Remote-Controlled Helicopter Toys Recalled by Innovage
- Fire and Burn Hazards
- http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08341.html
July 24 - Kids II Recalls Infant Rattles
- Choking Hazard
- http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08343.html
July 24 - Horseshoe Magnets Recalled by Dowling Magnets
- Violation of Lead Paint Standard
- http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08344.html
July 24 - Pacific Science Supplies Recalls Magnets
- Violation of Lead Paint Standard
- http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08345.html
Tomorrow, July 27 is the day on which Father’s Day is celebrated in the Dominican Republic. So happy Father’s Day to all you dads in the DR.
Other recent international celebrations of Father’s Day were:
Uruguay - July 13
Haiti - June 29
Nicaragua, Poland, Uganda - June 23
Leabanon - June 21
El Salvador, Guatemala - June 17
I’m in the middle of the painfully annoying task of finding the right baby gates to fit our home. We have several irregular width archways that are not the size of standard door openings. I can’t imaging mine is the only home out there like this, but several baby gate manufacturers seem to assume that this may be the case do not publish information on the width of their products.
Across numerous websites, certain manufacturers list no information about how wide their gates are. This frustrated me greatly, I considered making the trek to check out the gates in a physical store, then I came to my senses. It’s not my burden, there are other gate manufacturers and retailers out there.
In a shopping experience, online or in store, those hoping to make a sale should provide enough information for one to easily make an informed decision. It shouldn’t be my burden to seek more product information. Especially in an online sale where one doesn’t have the tactile or first-hand experience of looking at product packaging, manufacturers and retailers should go out of their way to give potential customers every bit of info that one needs to make an informed purchase decision.
It’s a simple way to help get an extra sale, but they don’t do it. I don’t want to have to pull teeth to give you my money, it’s not something I’m thrilled out. So instead of me seeking out additional information, I’m seeking out different manufacturers and different retailers. Put yourself in the shoes of those using your products and you’ll have happier customers, higher sales and develop brand evangelists. Instead you’ve irritated me and made sure I never buy anything from you.
This video brings a few things to mind.
1. Your children pay more attention to the words and content of movies than you do.
2. Laughing at something your kid does and them telling them no probably won’t change what they do.
3. Do not mess with this little girl.
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