Family Activities Articles
What Should You Tell Your Kids About Your Past?
By Kurt Simonsen - February 14, 2012 - Family Activities
How to answer your child's tough questions about your past.
Vacation Villain or Hero?
By Jason Huaraque - January 24, 2012 - Family Activities
Five guidelines that will determine your fate.
Can Divorce Make You a Better Dad?
By Kurt Simonsen - January 21, 2012 - Family Activities
How divorce made one parent a better, more productive dad.
The Most Important Gift You Can Give Your Child
By Jim Higley - January 04, 2012 - Family Activities
There’s one important gift all us dads need to remember to give our kids.
5 Myths about Christmas
By Jack Heffron - December 21, 2011 - Family Activities
Think you know all about our most popular holiday? Check out our list, and you'll probably learn that you don't.
Battery Powered Kids: Motorized Surfboard
By Andy Hinds - December 15, 2011 - Family Activities
How I made mini surfboards for my kids as a tribute to the seminal days of modern surfing.
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Know How: To Build an Igloo
By Craig J. Heimbuch - December 10, 2011 - Family Activities
You don't need to be at the Pole to be build a wicked cool fort in the snow.
Battery Powered Kids: The Dinosaur that Wasn't
By Craig J. Heimbuch - December 10, 2011 - Family Activities
Just because you set out to make something for your kids doesn't mean it's always going to work out.
Battery Powered Kids: Galloping Gearbox
By Andy Hinds - December 09, 2011 - Family Activities
I may be handy in a lot of ways, but the miniature is not, generally speaking, my milieu of choice.
Battery Powered Kids: Battery Pirates
By Andy Hinds - December 07, 2011 - Family Activities
Battery Pirates
Why Do I Build Things For My Kids?
By Andy Hinds - December 06, 2011 - Family Activities
There’s really no rational reason to make, rather than buy, things for your kids. But I do it anyway.
Battery Powered Kids: Tin Can Robot
By Craig J. Heimbuch - December 05, 2011 - Family Activities
It's cute, it's fun, it's actually pretty amusing.
Pop Alert: "Hugo"
By Jack Heffron - December 01, 2011 - Family Activities
Director Martin Scorcese, master of violent movies, now gives us a kids' flick with "Hugo." Seriously.
Battery Powered Kids: Propeller Racer
By Craig J. Heimbuch - December 01, 2011 - Family Activities
Simple idea, brilliant results.
7 Rules for Surviving the Holidays
By Jack Heffron - November 30, 2011 - Family Activities
It might be the "most wonderful time of the year," but the holidays bring with them a lot of challenges. Here's how to handle them.
3 Dad Tactics for Talking to Your Kids
By Jim Higley - November 29, 2011 - Family Activities
Some of the best ways to build strong communications.
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Dad Labs: Hot Wheels Video Racer
By Dad Labs - November 22, 2011 - Family Activities
Brad teaches us that the most beneficial playmate for your child, just might be you.
Pop Alert: The Muppets Are Back
By Whit Honea - November 22, 2011 - Family Activities
The Muppets are back, and they are on good hands.
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The Art of Roughhousing
By Dad Labs - November 18, 2011 - Family Activities
Why your child's best playmate may be you.
A Hawaiian Disney Vacation For the Whole Family
By Whit Honea - November 04, 2011 - Family Activities
This vacation was the perfect way to make the entire family happy.
