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Potty training in the modern world

By Matthew Dicks | April 12, 2015 |

Potty training in 2015 includes counsel from a supportive sister and an iPad propped up on a footstool. Times have changed.

I hereby release myself of all parental guilt regarding the iPad. It was shortsighted, stupid, and purposelessly nostalgic.

By Matthew Dicks | August 5, 2014 |

I brought my son downstairs for breakfast. As we stepped into the kitchen, he saw the iPad on the counter and said, “iPad! Chair! iPad! Chair!” This is the two year-old version way of saying, “Father, I would very much like to take a seat in my favorite chair and make use of that glorious…

Boy learns the alphabet on his own. Father takes credit.

By Matthew Dicks | July 25, 2014 |

So apparently the combination of the letters on the refrigerator and an amazing iPad app have taught my two year-old son to identify almost all of the capital and lower case letters of the alphabet. While getting him ready for bed, he began randomly calling out the letters on a pillow in his room. My…

Walking an elephant at the mall is still fun

By Matthew Dicks | June 19, 2014 |

My son loves the iPad. He has complex machines that make sounds, trucks with dozens of moving parts, electric trains, musical instruments, arts and crafts, tools and sports equipment, and more. My son probably has more toys now than I ever had in my entire life. But I’m pleased to report that a simple wooden…