My six-year-old has expressed an interest in learning how to program. I'm not really sure where to start. He definitely has the right kind of inquisitive mindset for it, though.
I taught a high school class for a little while, but that had a specific, very set curriculum.
And I taught myself when I was just a few years older than he is now. But that was with a Commodore 64 in BASIC. So I don't really want to start him there.
Anybody have any experience teaching young kids programming? I do know of the MIT Scratch language, but aside from that?
I'm glad I took two additional days off after Thanksgiving. The kids will be back in school and I can have a vacation from my vacation. #Parenting
If there's one piece of #parenting advice I could give to people who don't yet have children, but plan to, it's that you should give your children two middle names.
Sure, it can be annoying when a form doesn't allow for a space or whatever.
But you remember when you were a kid and your parents called you by your first and middle name, and you knew you were in trouble?
Imagine how much more intimidating it would be if they escalated from one middle name to both? You could hear yourself getting on progressively more trouble.
It's a great discipline technique.
My three-year-old had a meltdown when I put Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on the TV, when she actually wanted to watch Mickey Mouse Funhouse.
How dare I commit such a grievous faux pas.
I told my three-year-old, "It's time to take a bath!"
She replied, "No, Daddy. That's not a thing."
You're proud of your young child when he shows strong leadership traits, until he leads a mutiny against you with his siblings. #Parenting
Tomorrow, I'm going to be the parent of a teenager. Hard to believe I was allowed to be a parent at all, much less a parent of a young adult.
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Selfie of two people: a bearded man in his thirties, and a five year old girl. Both are smiling brightly.
My daughter turned three today.
She has said to me "No, I don't want ..." no less than half a dozen times today.
In the past month, she probably said it three times.
So, yes, she really turned three today.
Time for an amusing #parenting story.
This morning, I was putting some cash in my 12 year-old daughterâs backpack to pay for her lost school id card. As I was putting it in, I notice what looked like a gift card in the bottom of her bag.
I see on the front of it â$20â and âsomething something fundraisingâ, and on the back, a list of restaurants that you can use it at to get discounts.
Me: Emma, what is this? Her: I got it from the boys sports fundraiser. Me: You paid $20 for this? You donât even like any of these restaurants listed here. Her: âŚ
I didnât have time to enquire further because she needed to catch the bus. But I was definitely wondering where she got the money, because last Iâd heard, she certainly hadnât saved up that much.
I find out later this morning that she got it from my mother-in-law.
So, it sounds like to me that she had a crush on a boy, and scammed her grandma out of $20 to impress him. 
Parenting makes total sense when youâre doing it but probably seems weird from the outside. My wife just hid a pair of my toddler's pants because "they were too much drama" and that explanation seemed totally reasonable to me.
https://twitter.com/kunkelcomedy/status/1612839747457634306 #parenting
I've been using this account as my primary for about a week now, and I'm think I'm settled on using it for the foreseeable future, so I guess it's time to do another #introduction post.
I'm a dad of four kids, and a web developer. I have a college degree in #Theater (or #Theatre) and had aspirations of being an actor. I kind of fell into web development as a career. It was a hobby back in high school, and I just needed to pay some bills after college, so I ended up doing this.
I always have aspirations to do other things, but for now, I'm pretty happy spending most of my time as a dad and husband.
Some day, I'd like to get back into #acting, or maybe do some #VoiceActing. I also enjoy #writing and will, from time to time, post some #MicroFiction, usually from somebody's #WritingPrompt.
I love #StarTrek, and usually watch at least one episode nearly every day. I like all #SciFi really, though, as well as #fantasy. I used to read a lot, but find I don't have as much time or mental capacity for it as I used to. I also enjoy watching #anime, and have really been enjoying the new episodes of #Bleach lately.
Feel free to follow me if you think we have similar interests, and I may follow you back, if I think likewise. 
#WebDev #PHP #BackEnd #Laravel #introductions #Parenting #DadLife 
"Take a picture of whatever is to the left of you right now."
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A children's bookcase in the shape of a dollhouse. Visible are several books be Dr. Seuss, including "Hop on Pop" and "The Sneetches", a few by Leslie Patricelli, such as "Mad, Mad, Mad", and "A is for Awesome", by Eva Chen, an alphabet book featuring inspiring women. Also visible on the shelves are three dolls: one of an alpaca, one of Philadelphia Flyers mascot Gritty, and one of Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
My kids are playing hide and seek together at the playground.
I don't have to worry about keeping an eye on them, though, because they're terrible at it.