#kids

When the only thing better than a flip phone is no phone at all.

Parents are going to ludicrous lengths to take the bumps out of life for their children. However, parental hyperconcern has the net effect of making kids more fragile; that may be why they're breaking down in record numbers.

Parents are going to ludicrous lengths to take the bumps out of life for their children. However, parental hyperconcern has the net effect of making kids more fragile; that may be why they're breaking down in record numbers.

Once again, people are pushing for ISPs to apply filters. Such technical 'solutions' approach the problem from the wrong angle

Here at GeekDad we review a lot of products — books, toys, gadgets, software — and I know it’s impossible for most parents to actually afford all of the cool stuff that gets written up. Heck, most of us can’t afford it either, and we’re envious of the person who scored a review copy of a cool board game or awesome gizmo. (Disclosure: that person is probably me.) So while we love telling you about all the cool stuff that’s out there, I understand that as parents we all have limited budgets and we sometimes need help narrowing down our wishlists.

Chickenpox lollipops? According to media reports, parents who fear the chickenpox vaccine can try to infect their kids the “natural” way by sending off for lollipops licked by kids who have the disease. Apparently, the infected kids’ spit is also available.

"Friends of both boys’ families insisted they’re good kids." Yeah, good kids who almost murdered a lady.

I have an unwritten blog post in my head about this, re: religion & faith vs science & doubt. If you have faith in a bunch of answers, the universe is boring. If you have doubt about many things, you have room for adventure.

"The Game of Robot-Programming Fun Program Robots using graphic chips. A great way for Kids of all ages to enjoy the fun of programming ChipWits will be back in late 2010 "

"These pants will eventually be made in collaboration with my friend Lena. The project has been put on hold for a while since I left Sweden. The idea is to make pants that the parents wear and the kids can use. A pocket for the child to put things in, a tugging handle maybe. More updates to come..."

"Magdalena believes the teenager conceived from stray sperm after taking a dip in the hotel's mixed pool. She is now seeking compensation from the hotel. "

"YOU LITTLE BASTARD. YOU'VE KILLED US ALL."

"Child Trader Child Exchange Network isn’t about not loving your children. Its about finding a family that can love them more."

"For example, assuming that within the next few years, more and more people will have a social presence online, my little guy will have no real excuse to ‘lost contact’ with anyone he makes contact with."

"Then all that’s left is to cron it to run daily, and point your favorite RSS reader at the feed. Voila! You’re on top of exactly how old your kid is, and quickly on your way to becoming Parent of the Year."

"Gever Tulley, founder of the Tinkering School, talks about our new wave of overprotected kids -- and spells out 5 (and really, he's got 6) dangerous things you should let your kids do"

"these people will not be sympathetic to your plight. Children to them are mere annoying strangers being inflicted upon them by you."

"From a local community access show I was on when I was a kid. I already knew what I wanted to be, even back then!"

"I want to stick my long-necked Giraffe up your fluffy white bunny. "

"...we are suddenly more interested in flying AirTran for the no psychotic toddler policy. There are other people on the plane, and if you can't control your kid you need to be removed rather than ruin/delay the flight for everyone else."

"Oh my God, Jim, they’re using tools! Next week they’ll be building spaceships!"

"A five year old youth demonstrates some positively astounding moves on a dancemat."

Is it, indeed, a piece of cake to bake a pretty cake? "Awesome video, be careful you will get this song stuck in your head!"

"The Pig and the Box is about a pig who finds a magic box that can replicate anything you put into it. "

"I don't know how he knew that it was the Konami code, but I'm sure he picked it up from me, somewhere over the years."

"I expect that when I have kids they'll know more than me too, only I won't be embarrassed by it, I'll encourage it."

"It's going to be the constant battle. No matter what you put up, kids are going to work around it"

"I believe that, during my grandchildren's lifetimes, the U.S. Supreme Court will find a way to approve laws requiring parental licensure."

"...a first-person vertical-crate-arranger guaranteed not to influence young people's behavior in any way."

"This must have been how Ultra Magnus felt, I thought, when Optimus Prime gave him the Matrix of Leadership."

"In 50 years time, when today's 12 year olds are writing their biographical sketches of how they got into electronics or mechanics or computing, how will they describe their childhood learning experiences?"

"They think that the state has the perfect right to take your embryos away from you and implant them in another mother. And they think that they have the right and obligation to do this, even over your objections."

"Not everyone appreciates the thrill of making weird, silly or rude sounds with your mouth." Wow, I got a book from this guy back when little flimsy records came in them and you needed a penny to weight them down on the turntable.

"Melanie Butler was once given a drop of hot sauce on her tongue by her mother when she misbehaved as a child, and the memory of it stuck with her. Butler said the threat of hot sauce alone encouraged her to behave after the incident."

I need to keep our cats from opening our freezer. Nothing like coming home to see all your food conveniently thawed.