Back to School
Cartoon: Barbara Smaller I love this cartoon: One woman says to another, "My favorite part of being a stay-at-home mom is when they’re at school." Oh, c'mon, Mum, are you…
Cartoon: Barbara Smaller I love this cartoon: One woman says to another, "My favorite part of being a stay-at-home mom is when they’re at school." Oh, c'mon, Mum, are you…
I remember playing Monopoly with my dad.
He taught me many things about wheeling and dealing.
Whenever he purchased Boardwalk, he would ceremoniously place the card into his shirt pocket, symbolically telling me that I would NEVER get it. Mostly, I remember that he would nearly always win.
Yet, my fondest memories are of his creation of a game called Card Monopoly.
He made it with a deck of cards and two record album covers slit open and taped together. The rules were simple, requiring only a second deck of cards, two dice and a couple of tokens. We played quite a few games of Card Monopoly.
I remember thinking that my dad was a genius to be able to invent a game.
Dad went on to create many more games, including a computer word game! He instilled in me a love for making games. He also tempered my competitive nature.
Now, as a father, it’s my turn.
With five children, the fun is amplified. We have made up games as one group. We have made games for each other as Christmas presents. We have done solo efforts and used each other as play testers…
So, how did all this come about?
Come take a trip back in time, when the children were young and impressionable…
While I'm off riding the Tilt-A-Whirl and eating candy apples on the midway at the Exhibition, my good friend Sharon Hurley Hall has kindly offered to share a piece of…
New parenting wisdom from my pal Sharon Hurley Hall: Toddlers' parties are notoriously noisy and messy — and someone always ends up in tears, possibly even a parent. This article…
Here's one of the more sensible lots of parenting advice I've seen for ages. And I'm not just saying that because it was written by a friend. Sharon Hurley Hall…