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Aug
11

Daddy’s Toolbox Carnival #4

Posted by Toolbox Dad on August 11, 2008

Father and SonWow, this time I did it right. I used my Twitter account (@DaddysToolbox) to tweet about the upcoming carnival and this fourth edition received the most submissions thus far! I’m excited to bring you the following posts, please read them and share with others. If you want to have a parenting or Daddy post included in my monthly carnival please read the last part of this post.

Jeremy Neal presents Do It Because I Said So! posted at Discovering Dad.

Ron Mattock presents Chipmunk Gets A Post posted at Clark Kent’s Lunchbox, saying, “A short post about fathers and sons, catching chipmunks and passing along small lessons to your children that they may remember later.”

Petteri presents More About My Wicked Grandpa… posted at My Grandpa.

Being a Daddy

Jeremy Neal presents Top 5 Favorite Daddy Daughter Activities posted at Discovering Dad.

Kevin Heath presents Parenting Tips for New and Expectant Dads posted at More4kids.

Dad of Divas presents Remember Me posted at Dad of Divas.

Dads Summer Fun

ISPF presents Fun Family Vacations (That Don’t Cost an Arm and a Leg!) posted at Daddy Financials.

Modern Parent presents Summer Fun: Splish Splash He’s Not Taking a Bath posted at Modernparent.org.

James Hills presents La Tomatina - a Tomato Party In Spain | Father and Son Mancation posted at Man Tripping - Guys Getways and Mancations, saying, “This year’s festival is coming up on August 27 … probably too late for anyone in the US to visit, but should be a fun summer idea for next year like this dad/son pair did!”

Parenting Issues

Neelakantha presents 100+ Health and Safety Tips for Your Newborn posted at Nursing School Search Blog.

Jeremy presents Standing Firm - Cutting: One Dad’s Story of Intervention posted at Discovering Dad.

Special Memorial

This post was a last minute addition that I wanted to include in the carnival.

Anthony McCune presents a memorial to Todd Christopher Weaver who died in the attack on the World Trade Center. He was 30-years-old.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of daddys toolbox carnival using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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Jun
15

The Daddy’s Toolbox Carnival #2

Posted by Toolbox Dad on June 15, 2008

Welcome to the June 16, 2008 Father’s Day Edition of The Daddy’s Toolbox Carnival #2.

Father’s Day

McMommy presents You can thank me later. posted at The McMommy Chronicles, saying, “I don’t know why all the dads want a Wii this Father’s Day. Obviously they haven’t seen my post yet about these little catalog goodies….”.   McMommy has a Wii and I’ve been asking her all about it and how I can convince my wife to allow me to get one! She lists out some non-traditional Father’s Day gift items.  I like the duck shirt!

Other

Kevin Heath presents 25 Top Children’s Charities posted at More4kids. This is a great collection of charities such as March of Dimes, St Jude’s, Toys for Tots, Make-A-Wish and many others.

Parenting

David B. Bohl presents Protecting Your Kids in a World of Internet Predators posted at Slow Down Fast Today!, saying, “We’ve warned our kids about Internet predators, but is that enough?”

Alvaro Fernandez presents Cognitive and Emotional Development Through Play posted at SharpBrains, saying, “We sometimes neglect to mention a very basic yet powerful method of cognitive and emotional development, for children and adults alike: Play. Dr. David Elkind, author of The Power of Play: Learning That Comes Naturally, discusses the need to build a more “playful culture”.”

Jeremy Neal presents Premature Baby - An Emotional Journey posted at Discovering Dad. Read this post and the others by Jeremy regarding his emotional journey after the birth of his daughter.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of daddys toolbox carnival using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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Jun
03

Read this week’s Manival #6

Posted by Toolbox Dad on June 3, 2008

This week’s Manival is being hosted by Tyler on Building Camelot and was started by Brett from The Art Of Manliness.

The Manival is a blog carnival for men to post stories about anything manly! I myself posted one of my blog posts about losing some of the PSW, or pregnancy sympathy weight.

Please go over to Building Camelot and read this week’s The Manival!

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May
24

The Daddy’s Toolbox Carnival | First Edition

Posted by Toolbox Dad on May 24, 2008

Welcome to the May 26, 2008 edition of Daddy’s Toolbox Carnival. This is my first experience at running such a carnival and I’m going through the learning curve right now. As this is just getting started, I will be running this carnival on a monthly schedule and anyone that would like to host a week please let me know. If you would like to participate in next edition of Daddy’s Toolbox Carnival, please submit a post using this handy submission form.

So for my first carnival here are the posts that I found relevant to my “daddy” topic:

Editors Choice: Kevin Heath presents Tips For Helping Our Kids Grow Up Green posted at More4kids. Kevin’s post on green tips for kids is great. My wife and I are always looking for more green tips. He goes into how children learn from adults and that we should be conscious about turning off lights and recycling, among many other ideas!

Michael M. presents Daddio’s Daily Dose: Stretch Armstrong Returns! posted at Daddio’s Daily Dose. Haha, who remembers Stretch!? I always tried to pull his arms off to see what was inside!

Michael M. presents Daddio’s Daily Dose: You Can Say That Again! posted at Daddio’s Daily Dose.

Michael M. presents Daddio’s Daily Dose: Rat’s Were Two, EEE! posted at Daddio’s Daily Dose.

Hsidea presents Building friendships through homeschool groups posted at Homeschooling Tips, saying, “Tips for building friendships for homeschooled children”

Raymond presents Explaining Why Financially Independent Men Rarely Call Their Mothers posted at Money Blue Book.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of daddys toolbox carnival using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

You can follow me on twitter to stay informed of the next edition of DTC.

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May
15

Introducing Daddy’s Toolbox Carnival

Posted by Toolbox Dad on May 15, 2008

I’ve been using Twitter (follow me at http://twitter.com/DaddysToolbox) a lot lately and meeting some great fathers and some of them have turned me onto Blog Carnivals. So I would like to set up my own to help generate great content on my blog as well as feature other Daddy blogs and their authors.

Since I am just starting this, my first event will be Monday, May 26th with the deadline for article submissions being Friday, May 23rd at 9PM EST/DST.

So here is what to do,

  1. Write your blog article on your blog and publish,
  2. Click my Daddys Toolbox Carnival link to submit your article,
  3. The carnival will be published monthly with the deadline for submissions being the 2nd Friday of the month by 9PM EST/DST.
  4. Please keep your posts related to parenting, children, experiences of being a dad (or mom).

Or you can visit Blog Carnival and browse for Daddy’s Toolbox Carnival to submit your post(s).

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