Click here to visit the new home of ParentDish!

Hot on HuffPost Parents:

 

rock 

Amazing Mom: Joy Rose

by Julie Z. Rosenberg, Posted May 9th 2010 3:00PM

Joy Rose, mother, organizer, rock star, with her fabulously feminist daughter Zena. Credit: Courtesy of Joy Rose
Amazing Mom: Joy Rose, founder of Mamapalooza, a popular platform of events for moms in the arts that reaches millions of women ...
6 COMMENTS

PlaySavvy Helps Moms Learn About Video Games

by Brett Singer, Posted Feb 19th 2009 10:00AM

Hate to say it folks (and I know I'm about to get hit), but fathers sometimes do know best about video games. There's a fair share of dads who know their way around a wireless controller. But how many moms do you know who actually play video games ...
2 COMMENTS

Jason Lee is a dad again

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Aug 24th 2008 4:01PM

Jason Lee, star of such films as Mall Rats and lead in the wildly popular My Name Is Earl series, is a daddy again. Apparently the birth was kept under wraps as sources say the child made her debut August 10th. What's more exciting about this ...
0 COMMENTS

It's Snacktime with the Barenaked Ladies

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Apr 19th 2008 2:51PM

Are you a fan of the Barenaked Ladies? Are your kids? What would you do with a million dollars? If you're not a fan, or even familiar with them, the Barenaked Ladies are a Canadian alternative rock group dating back to the late 1980's. Now, you're ...
0 COMMENTS

Teen named pen-spinning king

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Mar 31st 2008 8:11PM

A sixteen year-old Japanese boy has been crowned the king of pen-spinning. Rkuyi Omura a high school student was named champion of a, uhm pastime, I guess you'd call it. Pen-spinning occurs when a pen is maneuvered between the hand, little ...
1 COMMENTS

Kidz rock

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Mar 2nd 2008 4:57PM

We all know that kids music can get incredibly annoying after the 200th (or 2nd) time you have to listen to it. Sesame Street solved that problem by having guests like Diana Krall, Billy Joel, Norah Jones, Yo-Yo Ma, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and The ...
4 COMMENTS

How to win at Rock-Paper-Scissors

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Dec 20th 2007 5:01PM

The Daily mail has some tips on winning RoShamBo, the kid's game that is taken surprisingly seriously by an awful lot of people. The game is simple enough -- each player makes a hand symbol at the same time representing one of either a rock (a fist), ...
1 COMMENTS

Angry, Tired Teachers

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Aug 7th 2007 12:02PM

They've spent years teaching your kids Spanish, English, Music, and Art, and what have they gotten for it? Very little, actually. Very little money, of course, but also very little support and very little respect. They're angry. They're tired. And, ...
8 COMMENTS

They Might Be Giants' 123s coming to a DVD near you

by Rachel Mosteller, Posted Apr 11th 2007 10:02AM

Back in January, Parent Dish's very own Jonathon Morgan reviewed They Might Be Giants "Here Come the ABCs." Obviously, the CD was pretty good; Jonathon gave it a 9 out of 10. Well, for all you TMBG fans, the ABCs have some competition. They're coming ...
4 COMMENTS

Rock music for babies

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Nov 28th 2006 9:30AM

Gone are the days of inane kids music about counting, colors, and loving people for no reason. You and your little squirt can now rock out to the Cure, Metallica, Radiohead, and other music that doesn't suck -- all re-imagined for the younger set, ...
7 COMMENTS

She's got Boogie Fever

by Karen Walrond, Posted Jan 10th 2006 10:07AM

With the whining and kvetching that my daughter Alex is rapidly including in her repertoire, it's becoming more and more encumbent on me to find ways to make her, well...more pleasant.  Don't get me wrong -- when her whining and kvetching ...
7 COMMENTS

FollowUs

Flickr RSS

TheTalkies

More Recent Questions: