Category Archives: Parenting

MomTeractive

I can’t help but notice the (seemingly) sudden onslaught of Mom-centric local community web sites being advertised on TV. In the past couple of weeks I’ve seen (or maybe I read) of at least 3:

momtalk.com
momslikeme.com
minnmoms.com

Are Twin Cities Mom’s the long lost/forgotten demographic that was only recently discovered by online marketers? Or maybe just coincidence?
To be [...]

Fischer Price FP3 Player = Headaches for dad.

As a follow up to my previous rant about the Fischer Price FP3 player, here’s an overall summary review of the product. I’m posting this here in hopes Google can pick it up and warn any unsuspecting geek parents.
First, to be fair, the pros: It’s a nice piece of industrial design. It’s rugged, which is [...]

The US is not leading the pack…

…when it comes to innovative pedal powered transportation.
We’ve been looking for the best way to get our two kids around as a family on our bikes. We have a bike trailer. And that works. OK. But really hard to get two kids squeezed in and then the kid is still way back there getting mud [...]