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Brachiosaurus Backhoe from Dino Construction Company-durable, creative fun

Children love dinosaurs. Children love construction vehicles. A dinosaur construction vehicle is such a natural fit one wonders why a durable one for small hands isn’t in every sand box. Sure The Transformers have vehicles, but they’re more imagination play and not dig in the dirt, move sticks stuff for small children. Dino Construction Company has a lineup of vehicles that look like dinosaurs or vice versa depending on your allegiance.

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Think Outside the Box at Children’s Museum of Atlanta

If you’re a parent think of Christmas morning or some other time when you child receives gifts that might require big boxes. After they rip the present open, yell at the gift and then play with it, what do they do? They play with the box. The bigger the box the better. If they can sit in the box or roll their toy cars through that’s awesome too. Think Outside the Box is the new exhibit at Children’s Museum of Atlanta and is boxes, boxes and more.

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Simpsons Comics #212: brings the funny to all ages

Sometimes in my search for the new and unique I forget the obvious. I’ve found some great new comics that are perfectly suited for young readers, notably Skyward-which is great all ages action. However, I’ve been reading Simpsons Comics for 21 years, it’s a great all ages comic that my son loves to read-when I let him.

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The Bigs, a story young professionals (& more) can learn from

The Bigs by Ben Carpenter is a hybrid book of sorts. It’s the story of Carpenter’s career from college to CEO of an investment company. But more than that it’s the story of the people that he met along the way, both good and bad that taught him things about life.

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Win a copy of #TheLegoMovie, awesome

An instant family classic movie is how some of my friends described The Lego Movie. It’s awesome and makes our Duplos want to grow up. Of course our kids are only 4 and 2, they’re young builders who are already eyeing the big boy sets. You want to win a copy of The Lego Movie, yes? It’s simple and you can even make a short video of your own LEGO creation.

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Because ads or lack thereof, matter. Bing in the Classroom

One time our oldest was watching videos online when I heard incredibly bad language coming from the computer. An ad had led him to a video that they thought was similar to what he was looking for. In reality it was a profane laced cartoon that satirized programming that was meant for children. Even before that happened I used Bing at home search for things. Bing in the Classroom is in the same vein, an ongoing program to help kids use technology-in an ad-free, safe environment. Continue reading Because ads or lack thereof, matter. Bing in the Classroom

How to navigate your child’s first comic con

I was priming my wife with all manner of questions about how to describe it. Some of her friends said coo, while other said have fun. Regardless, I knew that she was going with me to be with the boys, which was fine with me. Our child’s first comic con happened when they were 4 and 2, so I knew that they wouldn’t remember much, but I certainly wanted them to have fun. Here are some tips that we learned during our child’s first comic con.

Oh, even though ours was a comic con, the same basic tips can be carried over to a baseball card show or any other fan conference.

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Our Skylander party, talkative children and bonding over video games #Ad

The children in our neighborhood like us. I sent out the call that I needed guests to play Skylanders SWAP Force. The parents must have thought I was trying to open up my own daddy day camp, but I assured them that I just wanted the kids to come over and play Skylanders. Win/win, the kids go someplace so the adults can relax and the kids get to have fun.

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