Back To My Roots: The Philippines (Part 1)

Many Dads out there (including myself) are ‘first-generation parents’ which means that they were born in North America and their parents were born in another country.  As a first-generation Canadian, one thing I want my children to have is a connection to their roots; to know where their grandparents have come from, their stories, their language and their traditions.

How can this process be made easier and how can we help other Incredible Dads connect their kids back to their roots?

Introducing the Back To My Roots article series! Read the rest of this entry »

Five Tips to Help Your Kids Get Better Grades.

A “B” or not a “B”. That was the question my wife asked me this week when Book Boy came home with a “B” on a Social Studies assignment.

Clean Mom takes great interest in our kids’ grades as she’s the one who works hard with them on their homework.   (I merely contributed the superior genes from which our kids were created … nurture or nature, that’s another discussion…)  This got me to thinking about what else we could do to help Book Boy and Ballet Girl excel in school.  After much research, here are the five tips that I believe will help your kids get better grades. Read the rest of this entry »