Recent Posts

• How Time Flies: Happy 3rd Birthday Boo.

  

  Wow. Time really does fly. It seems like only yesterday when I was trying to figure out how to gear up for a tax-reporting season with our daughter on the way and unlike our previous two children, I was in no position to take any time off to spend with my

  by urbandaddy - November 28, 2012

• Guest Blogger: Stewie writes!

  

  I heard this story on my way home from afterschool pick-up.  6-year-old Stewie was telling me this story that he really wanted me to believe was true. “There’s no way that could ever happen.”, I told him. “It’s true.  It did happen.  I saw it

  by urbandaddy - November 04, 2012

• Brotherly Advice: Don’t Piss off G-d.

  

  This conversation was overheard by myself when my boys Linus, aged 7 and Stewie, aged 5 were having breakfast last week; Stewie: “Did you know G-d is everywhere?” Linus: “Yup.” Stewie: “He’s killing you right now.” Linus: “Why?” Stewie:

  by urbandaddy - September 09, 2012

• 5 Ways Nannies Can Help Divorced Parents – Reprinted with permission

  I came across this interesting article from Hireananny.com and while not divorced, I thought there were some interesting points made in this post and wanted to re-post it here.  Permission was granted. The link to the original article is here. http://www

  by urbandaddy - August 19, 2012

• Programming vs. Over-programming Children – From the Daddy’s Perspective

  

  How often have you had this discussion with your partner or friends?  Is this generation of parents over-programming our children? I’m not sure there is a clear-cut answer here.  As parents we want to expose our children to as much as possible to see

  by urbandaddy - August 15, 2012

• Breaking Down Barriers: Toronto’s Neshama Playground Officially Opened In Oriole Park.

  

  On July 21st, we happened to be at a previously unnamed playground in Toronto’s Oriole Park community when we came across the ceremonial opening of this fantastic all-inclusive park, now named the Neshama Playground. Since I love municipal politics, w

  by urbandaddy - July 25, 2012

• Our weekend: A Day out with Thomas

  

  This past weekend marked our third trip out to St.Thomas, Ontario, 20 minutes west of London, Ontario, to take a ride on Thomas the Tank engine with our kids. The first trip was for Linus alone – he loved trains, especially Thomas.  2 years later is wa

  by urbandaddy - July 17, 2012

• The Interrogation of a Great Grandmother (Bubi)

  My Grandmother (or Bubi as we call her) turned 89 on the 6th of July and we had her over for dinner along with my mother and my sister on her birthday.  It had been a while… Too long, actually, but I came to realize that I think 89 is the new 69 becau

  by urbandaddy - July 11, 2012

• What a conversation between a 7-year-old and a 5-year-old sounds like…

  We had the pleasure this past weekend to be in the car with our two boys as they decided to have a conversation about death. Linus is 7-years-old. Stewie is 5-years-old. Berry is 2 1/2 years old. Stewie; “You’re going to die two years before me beca

  by urbandaddy - June 19, 2012

• In Time for Father’s Day. TIFF Bell Lightbox Summer Series: The Rise of Beefcake Cinema

  For those of you in Toronto, or near by, there is a fantastic summer cinema series at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Bell Lightbox cinema down on King Street which begins this Saturday night coinciding with Father’s Day, and it might jus

  by urbandaddy - June 15, 2012