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Four Year Olds Actually Travel Quite Well

I don’t mean to scare everyone with children into never road tripping with those children. Your children might be fine! Your mileage may vary! Your car may be air conditioned! The main problem with our ambitious (that’s code for stupid) … Continue reading

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And You Should See the Bugs on the Car’s Front Grill

Today we went to Queen’s Park, as you do when you have small children and it is eleventy million degrees hot outside. The trees make it cool and then of course there is the water park. Nutritious AND refreshing to … Continue reading

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Controversunday: That New York Times Article

I have a love/hate thing with parenting articles. On the one hand, I think they’re often more divisive than informative. They imply that someone is doing it RIGHT and the other guys are doing it WRONG. On the other hand, … Continue reading

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Wanted: Four Year Olds

I need some kids. Some four year old kids. Five year olds are OK too. I need one for every day of the week so Trombone has someone to play with. Our best neighbour boy went away for the whole … Continue reading

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Road Trip One: Complete

When your child has never been outside the city limits, you don’t need toys or amusements for the first 30 minutes of a road trip. He will just look out the window at the trees. And the other cars on … Continue reading

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