22 May

Other Parents Abusing Their Kids

I saw this post and I just had to comment on it.
In short, DaMomma is in a cafe and watches a mother handle her children very roughly.  She couldn’t take it anymore so stood up, walked over and talked with the lady and her children. If you want to know what she said, read the [...]

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21 May

Productive Parent: I know kung fu!

Intro
This is the first in what I hope will be an on-going series about how to maximize our efficiency as parents. I know what you’re thinking, “what on Earth does that even mean?”
Look at it this way: in the recent years there has been almost an explosion of personal productivity products onto the market. It [...]

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20 May

Shout outs: LPD in the blog-o-sphere

I wanted to thank some blogs and podcasts where LostParentDiary has been mentioned!
Working Dad: An Unauthorized Guide to Parenting - Thanks to Paul Nyhan for mentioning my post “dad = persona non grata in delivery room” on his blog.
gamingwithbaby.com: all your diapers are belong to us - I was pleasantly surprised by the completely unsolicited [...]

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19 Apr

Blog goals

I’m a strong believer in doing things with purpose. Having clear goals has tons of advantages and I believe that goal setting certainly is a “best practice”.
Here are the goals I want to achieve with this blog:
promote “best practices” among parents - My students will often as me how to say something in English [...]

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16 Apr

Why write a blog? or Teaching to Learn

As an educator, I have noticed a curious phenomenon.
I often fully understand an idea only after I’ve taught it a few times. For example, as an EFL teacher, I often field questions about English grammar, word order, spelling, etc. Because I learned English as my native language, I do not have the strict grammatical knowledge [...]

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