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The Dad Olympics

Aug 24, 2023 01:04PM ● By Matthew Jones

Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen, to our coverage of the 2022 Dad Olympics.

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Kings Dad-minion

Aug 09, 2023 08:46AM ● By Matthew Jones

The other Friday, I took the family on an outing to Kings Dominion. We have season passes (a little pricey but worth it after only two visits). If you don’t have a season pass, the best bang for...

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Napping in the Outer Banks

Jun 21, 2023 08:25AM ● By Matthew Jones

We were in Duck, North Carolina, in late May. We were there with family and friends for our annual beach trip to the Outer Banks. It was a chilly, cloudy day, so instead of going to the beach, we...

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Folding and Feelings

May 31, 2023 06:00AM ● By Matthew Jones

You can fit a surprising amount of quality time into 10 minutes of doing laundry with a 3-year-old. Recently, I had a little time after my workday was done and needed something to occupy my...

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The Tween Drama Gauntlet

May 17, 2023 06:22AM ● By Matthew Jones

I recently went to my friend’s daughter’s ninth birthday pool party. I’m used to parties with kids the ages of my children—3 and almost 6. Those parties make sense to me; the kids play with each...

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Artificial Dad-telligence Upgraded

Apr 06, 2023 06:37PM ● By Matthew Jones

Introducing ChatGPT In a previous post, I poked around at some chatbots and asked them about parenting. The results were ... disappointing. But since then, a super-powered chatbot you may have...

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Exploring Messick's Farm

Mar 22, 2023 07:22PM ● By Matthew Jones

Last week my 5-year-old son Benny asked me, “When can we go back to the place with the big slides? The one where you ride on a carpet?” It took some questioning to get him to elaborate, but I...

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Dad as a Doornail

Mar 08, 2023 05:00AM ● By Matthew Jones

Having kids makes you consider your own mortality in a different light. Now if you were to keel over, there are these little people that depend on you that would be left high and dry. You may not...

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More Stuff my Kids Say

Feb 22, 2023 07:31PM ● By Matthew Jones

In a previous post, I wrote about all the funny stuff my 5-year-old son Benny has said over the years. I was able to remember all that stuff because I wrote it down, and suggested you do the same....

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Parenting on Hard Mode

Feb 08, 2023 05:00AM ● By Matthew Jones

Have you ever played a video game? Like, ever? In most cases you usually play the game on “normal” mode your first time through, then later if you’re looking for a challenge you play on “hard”...

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