Parenting

October Recap

In case you missed a post or two this month, here’s a quick recap of what we covered during the month of October:

Questions We Asked –

What Was The First Ever TV Commercial? – Commercials have come a long way in both quality and price.

Which TV Show Has Had The Most Episodes? – Spoiler alert…it is a soap opera.

What Was The First Movie Trailer Ever? – Star Wars: The Force Awakens may be the biggest, but it wasn’t the first.

Why do we say ‘boo’ on Halloween? – Find out what makes the word so scary.

 

Things We Learned –

What We Can Do When Our Role Is Less Than We’d Like – It is a simple trick taught by a great basketball coach.

What We Need To Know About Parenting In The 21st Century – Parenting is changing and it is time for some action.

The One Thing We Can Control – It is way more important than trying to control traffic or the weather.

Side Effects Of Being Organized – You’ll be surprised what could happen…

Pixar Cares What Plumbers Think – And we should too.

When It is Okay To Procrastinate – Here is a great think to push off til tomorrow.

 

Fun With Numbers –

Tons of Stats on Kids Usage of Cell Phones & Social Media – The numbers may surprise you.

7 Research-backed Ways to Stop Procrastinating (and get more done) – #3 is my favorite.

The 2nd Book Is The Hardest – Here’s what Matt Williams & I learned about expectations.

5 Things We Can Learn From Dental Floss – Oddly enough, there is a lot to learn from cleaning our teeth.