by Jennifer Fink Just-released data indicates that Hasbro’s “boy toy” division is not doing well. According to their financial reports, revenue for the boys’ toys division dropped 35 percent in the 2nd quarter. This is the fifth straight quarter that the boys’ division has reported
Boys will enhance your world, if you let them. My four sons have expanded my world in so many ways. If not for my boys, I’d have no idea what Minecraft is. (OK, I still don’t really understand Minecraft , but I at least have a
…Love to Fight? Most boys don’t love to fight, but the ones that do, do it to show their strength. -Max, age 10 Boys like to fight because it separates the kids from the boys. It is also about that rush of adrenalin you get
Photo by robertelyov via Flickr 1 out of 5 sexually active teenage boys does not receive info regarding condom usage or birth control from their parents, doctors or teachers. That’s according to a report by the Center for Advancing Health. The report, which looked at
It’s summer here, and that means baseball. Three of my four boys play baseball — on four different teams. How can that be?, you may wonder. Well, Boy #2 actually plays on two different teams, his regular team (which plays during the week) and a
I’m not generally a big fan of homework. If your boys are in school, you know that are only so many precious hours between the end of the school day and bedtime, time that must be divvied up between relaxing, eating, spending time with family,
I can talk and write about boys until the proverbial cows come home. But I will never be able to tell you exactly what boys think and feel and wonder. That’s why I’d like your sons help. I’d like to collect (and post) some short
I’m thinking ’bout babies today. Could be because my extended family just welcomed a new baby boy to the family. (Yesterday!) Could be because Jennifer Margulis’ new book, The Business of Baby, came out yesterday. Or because I’m passionate about pregnancy and birth. Most likely,
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If you have kids, you’ve gotten angry. Felt frustrated. And quite probably yelled at your kids. (More than once.) Photo by isforinsects via Flickr If you’re an enlightened parent, the kind who is always striving to do better, who is working hard to raise kids
1st grade homework project I might not be a fan of busywork-as-homework. I might even encourage parents to think long and hard about why, exactly, they want to to “make” their sons do their homework. But that doesn’t mean that I encourage my kids to
Photo by Lone_F Are you tired of the homework battle? Here are some nitty-gritty tips to help you (and your son) get a grip on homework: (First, if you haven’t already, read How to Get Boys to Do Homework, Part 1) Talk to your son. Does
