Microsoft and its crack ad team have come up with a really bad commercial that touches on the increase in attention deficit disorder and what parents can do to “entertain their children.” I am fairly certain that for most parents (especially parents enrolled at Better Parenting University), entertaining your child with a pretty woman dancing […]

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In yesterday’s post, we blogged about an online game with potentially very negative consequences for young girls - today, we look at a game that is as definite step in the right direction - literally. From the recent edition of Springwise:
LocoMatrix, which is still in beta, has developed location-based games kids can play outdoors using […]

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It’s a tragic story about Megan Meier, the 13 year old who killed herself because she fell in love with a boy she met on MySpace.com, who then turned against her. It turns out; it wasn’t a boy after all, but the mother of a neighborhood teen who created the “Josh” persona to find out […]

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At Better Parenting University, we are often asked to review and/or participate in different family and parenting studies - looking at family relationships, behaviors and trends. One such study is the Child Well-Being Index. Produced by Duke University researchers, this study provides a research-based look at the quality of life or well-being of children in […]

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This weekend I took my oldest son camping. We belong to the YMCA Indian Guides, and this weekend we took our annual voyage to Catalina Island for some hiking, kayaking, archery, rock wall climbing, good old father son bonding and the new camping favorite - Nintendo DS playing.
Here’s the deal, I am not against video […]

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