Getting Outside

The All Pro Dad organization sends out daily tips for dads. Here's one about getting kids to spend time outside. Now when I was a kid, we had to be made to spend time inside. But much like my last three posts, what has happened that we need the President, an author and a dad organization to tell us basic stuff.

Meals

On page 189 of in Defense of Food, Michael Pollan writes; "it is at the dinner table that we socialize and civilize our children, teaching them manners and the art of conversation. At the dinner table parents can determine portion sizes, model eating and drinking behavior, and enforce social norms about greed and gluttony and waste. Shared meals are about much more than fueling bodies; they are uniquely human institutions where our species developed language and this thing we call culture."

Why is it we need someone to write a book to tell us this stuff??

Education

So President Obama makes a speech to kids about the importance of education. Dads we should be all over this message. This is your job dads, not the president's, although it's a good message and great for him to reinforce the message