by Tobin Walsh
I hate impossible “should” parenting advice: well-meaning tidbits of knowledge which every parent can agree upon but cannot put into practice because of structural factors that prevent such action, or conflict with another piece of “should” advice. Parents, you can Continue reading Should a High School kid go to school before 8 am?
**** WTR (What’s Toby Reading)? provides unsolicited and unsponsored (I don’t get paid) opinions of books I have recently finished. ***** Normally my local library supplies my “WTR” content. Over the holiday break, though, I splurged on a 30% off Continue reading WTR: Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
After hiking in North Carolina with my family, I snapped the picture below and collected these thoughts. Enjoy! -Toby *** Went to the top of Waterrock Knob. I noticed the trees. The leaves were all gone. ~~~ Was that because Continue reading The Leafless Tree
**** WTR (What’s Toby Reading)? provides unsolicited and unsponsored (I don’t get paid) opinions of books I have recently finished. ***** There may be no better mental exercise for adults than doing research based on a book you’re reading. Joshua Continue reading WTR: American Time Bomb by Joshua Melville
**** WTR (What’s Toby Reading)? provides unsolicited and unsponsored (I don’t get paid) opinions of books I have recently finished. ***** Want to explore a book with your kids that bucks traditional gender stereotypes? Need help explaining to your littles Continue reading WTR: “My Daddy Can Fly”
Three of my five kids know the deal. In fact, my oldest children each hand-select many of their own gifts. For my two littlest, though, the majesty of the holiday season abounds. They each make wish lists and put them Continue reading Have the non-believing kids hide the (#$%$#%$#) Elf
***Advanced access was provided to the movie, but all opinions are my own.*** When someone tells me that a new Christmas movie is an “instant classic”, I cringe. After all, it takes A LOT to unseat my holiday favorites. However, Continue reading New Holiday Movie Review : “8-Bit Christmas” starring Neil Patrick Harris
***** WTR (What’s Toby Reading)? provides unsolicited and unsponsored (I don’t get paid) opinions of books I have recently finished. ***** Okay, okay, I’ve heard of Andy Warhol – but only really enough to know that Warhol is a famous Continue reading WTR: “Art is Everywhere: A Book about Andy Warhol” by Jeff Mack
Whether you know Walker Hayes as the Applebee’s song guy, the country(ish) music star, or the TikTok dancer, chances are you have know more about him now than you did six month ago. Hayes’ meteoric rise to fame is not Continue reading Getting “Fancy Like” with Walker Hayes
“I’ll be home by mid-afternoon I bet,” I quipped at my wife on the way out the door to go through the motions mandated by my Jury Duty summons. Boy, was I wrong. Not only was I selected to be Continue reading Jury Duty Dad: What I’ll tell my kids about the life sentence I helped hand out