One of my friends put something up on Facebook a while ago about his 11-year-old son informing him that he wanted to call him "Dad" from now on. I was sitting in the parking lot in my car, reading this after a long overnight shift, and I was in tears. This son was telling his father that he wasn't little anymore. No more “Papa” or ”Daddy.” Just "Dad." What is next: using first names? I know that soon I’ll just be Dad. I guess that is the way it has to be. In our society, the father-daughter relationship is talked about so much. Daddy’s Little Girl. Daddy-Daughter Dances, … [Read more...]
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Angels Play on Sandy Ground Dedicated to School Shooting Victimes
We had gone to the wonderful Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, Conn., with one of my wife's best friends and her son. The aquarium is small but nice: they have seals, sharks and even sea jellies you can pet. Honestly, if you get a chance to pet sea jellies in a controlled environment, I totally recommend it. The staff at the aquarium was very knowledgeable, explaining why they kept the jellies in a frigidly cold tank and about their life cycles. Though no one had an answer to the sea jelly versus jellyfish debate. Seriously, does that look like a fish? After a nice lunch at a local Greek … [Read more...]
New York Toy Fair 2018: Playful Times for Young, Young-at-Heart
The New York Toy Fair is many things for many people. It's about the 130,000 Lego bricks used to build the massive red Lego brick that stood in the lobby of the Jacob Javits Center during last week's four-day affair in Manhattan. It's about the marketability of characters from Star Wars to Paw Patrol. It's about finding that next Tickle Me Elmo or Furby -- that "gotta have" item -- that will dominate Christmas wish lists. It's also about the smaller toy and game companies looking to make a splash. The vast majority of the 1,000-plus vendors at the show are the latter: small … [Read more...]
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