RADIO: Great Tips for Raising Tots to Tweens!
Want to listen to the entire interview? Just click the above link! If you’re dealing those tender years that fall between high chairs and high school, then this show is for you! We’re talking to parent coach, Meghan Leahy, who shares some of the wisdom you’ll find on her website, Positively Parenting. From two to twelve, being a great parent…
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RADIO: Raising Kids with Strong Character!
Want to listen to the entire interview? Just click the above link! I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. And I find myself going back to qualities of character. Things like self-control, grit, self-confidence, gratitude, perseverance. There’s many more. Including one of my favorites: handling failure. The older my kids get (and the older I get!), the more I…
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Because You Were My Mother, I am a Better Father
NOTE: HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO ALL OF YOU! I WANTED TO SHARE THIS AGAIN – AS WE SHOW OUR LOVE TO MOMS EVERYWHERE… Hi Mom, So where do I start? It’s hard to believe that you died 38 years ago. A lifetime. Yeah. Whatever that term means. For you that meant 49 years. I’ve already had more time here than…
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RADIO: Lighting the Spark in Your Child!
Want to listen to the entire interview? Just click the above link! If you read nothing more today, please read this statistic: When a child has one caring adult in their life, their level of confidence in the classroom increases 65%. 65%! Is that not an extraordinary statistic? Does that not give you – as an adult – a sense…
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Gone Fishing. Then Off to Jail?
I saw some little boys fishing in a lake near our house the other day which started my mind on a little journey down memory lane… I took my 10-year-old son Kevin on a father-son fishing trip to Canada a few years back. The week’s catch included 83 northern pike, 133 walleye and—as Kevin likes to put it—a Canadian criminal…
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VIDEO: DIY Hawaiian Holiday
Yup, I’m Soy Vay® Ambassador! And they have not only provided me with Soy Vay® products, they’ve also compensated me to be part of the fun! But trust me, I never, ever write about something I don’t believe in! Here’s their Facebook Page! Here’s their Pinterest Link! Here’s their Twitter Page!
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VIDEO: Bring Your Kid to Work Day!
From the Higley family archives, I’m proud to share my (now 23-year old) son’s first business trip with dad. I was bringing my kids to work long before it was cool!
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Welcome to My Cancer Circus
“You’re living in a f*%king cancer circus. Can’t you just move on and put it in the past?” When you’re traveling through a cancer journey, you hear a lot of crazy things. But that was the craziest thing I heard. If not the cruelest. Yup. Well, my friends, that cancer circus began eight years ago today. And in my books…
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RADIO: Acclaimed Monologuist James Braly
Click above to listen to the entire interview! We’re joined today by author James Braly, author of Life in a Marital Institution - a memoir about a marriage told from a guy’s perspective. I read this book yesterday and have to tell you that it was one of the most entertaining reads I’ve had in a long, long time. It’s based on Braly’s…
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RADIO: It’s Top Baby Doc Dr. Harvey Karp!
The country’s top baby doctor, Dr. Harvey Karp, stops by Bobblehead Dad Radio today to share great tips to help your baby and toddler sleep great! Dr. Karp is author of the best selling series, “The Happiest Baby”, and talks today about his new book, The Happiest Baby Guide to Great Sleep which is loaded with information that will help you get off to…
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