Fun and Games – Page 2

Getting Started Hiking as a Family

The Wise Dad and I both used to be active, but we’ve become more sedentary over the years. We both want to be more active and healthy (and lose weight), and we want our kids to be active and healthy so we’re trying to get more active, including hiking as a family. Going to the […]

Bethanne Kim 8 years agoFebruary 1, 2022

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Playdates and Guns: Are You Asking the Right Questions?

I don’t know if you have seen it, but there a post made the rounds about a mom who was concerned that unsecured firearms might be laying around other people’s homes. The original poster is unwilling to let her kids play at anyone else’s home if they own a gun, unless she is satisfied that it […]

Bethanne Kim 8 years agoFebruary 1, 2022

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Family & Food: The Reasons for the Season

It is December and the holiday season is getting into full swing. I have always shopped throughout the year, so my shopping was done by sometime in November. Now that I have kids, it is even more important to me to have most of my shopping done by then because it lets me spend December […]

Bethanne Kim 8 years agoFebruary 1, 2022

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Caitlyn Jenner is a Handsome Woman – NOT Gorgeous!

Frankly, I don’t care about Bruce Jenner’s “gender reassignment”. He’s not my husband, my family, or even passing acquaintance. It just doesn’t impact my life. But it’s been impossible to miss the headlines if you were online at all this week, and the big ones have all been to the effect of “Caityln is Gorgeous!” […]

Bethanne Kim 9 years agoFebruary 1, 2022

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Baltimore Riots and The Mom of the Year

If you haven’t seen the video, just search for “Mom of the Year”+”Baltimore Riots”. It’s a mom cussing out her fully-grown (but not adult) son and hitting him when she found him out with the rioters. He goes home with her and not a single rioter tries to interfere with the Mama Bear making her […]

Bethanne Kim 10 years agoFebruary 1, 2022

When was the last time you ate something new?

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Color Doesn’t Matter: Parents Want What’s Best

Parents want what’s best for the kids. Immigrant parents, including Latinos, know their kids need to speak English to have the best chance at success. Parents of all colors know their kids need to succeed at school. The problem isn’t the parents, it’s a system that intervenes and forces parents to believe in the way […]

Bethanne Kim 10 years agoFebruary 1, 2022

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Miley and Those Headlines

If you haven’t seen the headlines about her, then you haven’t looked at online news recently. As we all know, Miley Cyrus made a choice in early 2014 to dress in a nude latex bikini and perform a dance routine that belongs in a strip club, not on prime time television, and both (much older) […]

Bethanne Kim 10 years agoFebruary 1, 2022

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Converse and the American Flag

This image from the Library of Congress shows a display of Converse sneakers set up to look like the American flag. Clearly, it’s not exact (they are working with sneakers here), but isn’t it nice to see a company displaying our flag instead of banning it?

Bethanne Kim 10 years agoFebruary 1, 2022

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Have a SAFE Memorial Day

It can be hard to remember, but Memorial Day isn’t about barbeques, picnics, or the start of swimming season. It’s about those who have given their lives serving their country. By the late 1980s and prior to the 2001 attacks, we really didn’t have many younger people who had, personally, sacrificed their lives in war […]

Bethanne Kim 11 years agoFebruary 1, 2022

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Manners Matter – Even Online

Writing a blog when no one comments can feel somewhat pointless. I know I could get more people to comment by being more, well, political in my comments. I strive to be non-judgmental, polite even, in what I write and how I phrase it. I use good manners. That isn’t the way to have posts […]

Bethanne Kim 11 years agoFebruary 1, 2022