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Revenge of the Lysol Moms

Have you heard about the moms who took cleaning to a whole new level? According to reports, two Colorado moms are being accused of spraying Lysol on teens they saw dirty dancing at a local high school prom. Clearly, the mothers didn’t read the back of the Lysol can very well; otherwise they would have realized that the disinfectant spray kills 99.9% of viruses and bacteria on commonly touched, hard, non-porous surfaces. C’mon, everyone knows even the toughest skinned teens are pretty porous. The moms should have used Clorox. I’m kidding. And by kidding, I mean rocking a mean smirk … Continue reading →

Angry Dad Uses Pizza to Punish Kid

A father in Florida may never look at pizza the same way again. Ditto for his kid. When the Domino’s guy shows up at your home with a half-pepperoni, half-sausage pizza, I’m pretty sure he’s not thinking his delivery is going to be used as a weapon. Ditto for the rest of the world. Not so much for a father from Florida. According to reports, a 38-year-old Gainesville dad was recently arrested for hitting his daughter with a pizza slice. (Yes, a slice of pizza!) Police say the man was charged with one count of child abuse without great harm, … Continue reading →

Do You Lie to Your Kids?

For some moms and dads the question isn’t do you lie to your kids, but how often do you stretch the truth, and how low do you go when you decide to fib? Well, you can’t stoop much lower than the following dad, who gives the term “bad parenting” new meaning: Have you heard the one about the guy who used Craigslist to advertise for an actor to take the family dog for a walk, then come back and tell his kids the dog bolted? It’s no joke. A single dad trying to not look like a villain in the … Continue reading →

Revenge of the Kid

Yesterday I informed my preschool daughter that we wouldn’t be eating lunch until she removed all of her toys from under the kitchen table. Her response: A mighty “Hhhrmpfh!” followed by an extra long sigh. Then, she proceeded to wave her little hand in the air as though she were instructing her plebs to banish me to the dungeon. Needless to say, lunch was served a bit later than normal while my PWA (Preschooler With Attitude) and I had a little “chat.” I had a flashback to that pre-lunch “conversation” last night while reading about the New Zealand teenager, who … Continue reading →

Boy Gets Revenge on “Bad Dad”

Subtitle: Pi*sing off kids comes with consequences. Here’s a story that may make you think twice about the way you treat your kids: UK resident William Ireland has so much disdain for his father that even when the elderly man died he couldn’t bury his hatred. Rather than let bygones be bygones, William cremated his old man, and then sold his father’s ashes on eBay. In the product description portion of the online auction site William wrote: “Here are the ashes of my father, Kenneth Ireland, an adulterer who left a wife, two children and just £17 in her pocket. … Continue reading →

Why Kids Misbehave

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Why do kids misbehave? This is the age-old question parents have asked themselves since the dawn of time. In, Raising Great Kids in a Tough World, four typical reasons kids misbehave are identified. They are for attention, power, revenge and assumed inadequacy. Attention Kids crave attention and don’t care if the attention is negative or positive. Kids may misbehave when there is a new sibling or when parents spend too much time working or in activities that exclude the child. Tyler has remarked to me several times that he wished I would get a “regular” job so that I don’t … Continue reading →

The Karate Kid (1984)

“The Karate Kid” is one of the most well-known films to come out of the 1980’s. Even though it’s over twenty years old, it still entertains and uplifts audiences today. Daniel LaRusso’s father has recently died, and he and his mother decide to move from New England to California and start all over again. The apartment they find is rented out by an Okinawan man named Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita). Daniel (Ralph Macchio) has a tough time getting settled in school. Everything is just so different from what he’s used to. When he spots Ali Mills, (Elisabeth Shue) he starts … Continue reading →

Revenge of the Homeschooling Uniforms

I am sure that if you have heard about homeschooling, you have heard about the homeschooling uniform. You know the old stereotypes. The moms wear denim smock dresses, the boys wear thrift store jeans, and the girls wear miniature versions of moms drab wear. Well, none of the homeschooling moms I know actually dress like that. There are more jeans, t-shirts, and sweat suits in my neck of the woods. (With the exceptions of the handful of puritans, I run into at homeschool fairs). Anyway, I wanted to discuss dressing our homeschooled kids. I think it is absolutely cool that … Continue reading →

The Marriage Blog’s New Millenium

Good morning! Welcome to our 1,000th post here in the marriage blog and let me tell you, it feels so weird to say we’ve been here for a 1000 different entries tackling everything from wedding planning to problem solving to dating and more. It’s been a real pleasure for me to be writing for this topic for nearly a year now and to share it with such an awesome co-blogger as Sherry Holetzky. With that in mind, we thought we’d offer a small treat for our 1,000th blog and we interviewed each other. So without further ado, let me present … Continue reading →

Avoiding the Brushing Battle

My daughter likes to fight. And by fight I mean win. The kid battles me at every turn:  bedtime, mealtime, chore time, and brush time. The simple act of brushing a few baby teeth has been a struggle since my child was a toddler.  Unfortunately, she still hasn’t outgrown her displeasure with brushing and flossing, but there’s hope for all of you parents dealing with the tumultuous twos and threes right now. To help your child embrace the hygienic task, which he will likely be doing daily for the rest of his life, consider the following: Shopping Trip:  Toddlers love … Continue reading →