5 Kids DVDs Collection Giveaway

As a blogger, I’m constantly getting sent products to review. Top of the list? Kids DVDs. When my kids were younger, this was great. We’d watch loads of cartoons together and then I’d write up a nice review with them. But now that my boys are older, and I’m finding less and less free time for myself, lots of these kid movies and TV shows end up sitting in the corner. Alone. Unwatched. Unloved. And …

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Supergirl: The Complete Second Season Soars into my DVD Player

Supergirl: The Complete Second Season

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided me with a free copy of the DVD I reviewed in this Blog Post. The opinions I share are my own. It’s no secret that I’m not a big fan of Superman. I’ve always been more of a Marvel fanboy than DC, but I still do enjoy many DC titles, characters and movies. Superman, though, well he just never did it for me. Except for the first two Christopher Reeve …

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Kids and Screens Make for Some Serious Play Time

Genius of Play

As someone who grew up on the Atari 2600 and every system since, I’ve always had a strong belief that video games are so much more than mindless entertainment. There’s so much to learn including: hand-to-eye coordination, puzzle solving and even the very basics of strategizing. As a fairly sedentary activity, though, video games and even basic TV viewing get a bad rap. And that’s why I’m really intrigued by the Genius of Play campaign. …

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To Counter All the Hate, Here’s 101 Things I Truly Love

There’s a lot of hate going on in the world these days. I’m not going to start talking politics here at all, nor am I blindly ignoring the reasons behind all this hate. Instead, however, I’m preaching love. Love. Compassion. Caring. You can do all of that while still disagreeing with one another on things. That said, I’m doing my part to spread as much positive vibes as I can these days. I know it’s …

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Getting Emotional With My Kids Inside and Out

#PlayNGrow #InsideOut

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #PlayNGrow #CollectiveBias Despite the numerous pitches from PR folks for crazy things such as maternity bras, I am in fact a guy. And as a guy, I’m not too big on sharing my emotions. Guys in general are just awful at sharing how they feel. Toss in the fact that I view myself as a bit shy, and …

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