Dads on Twitter: Top 25 Dads that Tweet

I just found out that I was included on Tom Beardshaw’s Top 25 Parents/Dads that Twitter list. Myself and many of the other Dads that I follow on Twitter and read their blogs.

Stop over to Tom’s blog to see who is on the list and add your Twitter profile if you weren’t included on the first take…

If you are not already following me @DaddysToolbox

I’m a Happy Healthy Hip Dad / Parent

Just like I told you a few weeks ago, my spotlight is up over on Happy, Healthy, Hip Parenting, a great blog authored by Sondra Santos LaBrie.

Sondra  has been posting a series on What Makes a Happy Healthy Hip Parent. She is doing this to highlight parents that she has met mainly on the net, via blogs or Twitter.

Read more about me over at HHHP.

Has Facebook and Twitter Replaced Nightly Television Viewing?

Image via CrunchBase

So what do you think? Has Social Media sites and applications become a replacement for TV? To me they have. First of all there isn’t anything really worthwhile to watch on television anymore, especially after last seasons strike and the fact that all of my favorite shows don’t start until February. With streaming videos on network websites, or finding short clips on YouTube, or watching favorite episodes on Hulu.com, they all allow us to not sit in front of the tv as much, or if at all.

I’m a pretty big user of Facebook and as of late, Twitter. I find the conversations on Twitter, called tweets, the 140 character message that is sent, entertaining and friendly. I’ve made some great contacts by using Twitter ( @jnbammer @McMommyBlog @DadofDivas @JoePrah @BuildingCamelot @Hip_M0M) and they are all awesome Mommy or Daddy bloggers as well. From Twitter I’ve added some of my Twitter contacts to my Facebook profile to continue the discussion and friendships.

Why do I use Facebook? Well I LOVE word games and making sure my dog is fed. I like to recieve a lot of “green plants”. No really, I use it to keep in touch with other parents and friends and learn that I’m not much different than everyone else. I’m a Dad, a parent, a husband, a son and a friend to many. I have a few blogs that I author and manage. I am a very social person, have always been that way. I think I find comfort in family and friends. (Also keeps me in tune with my emotions – I learned growing up that sharing my emotions is ok, even for a guy!)

Also, another reason I’m using a lot more social media sites is to increase my knowledge of what works and what doesn’t. I’ve taken a liking to the social aspect of the web and want to begin to understand them better. What better way than to use Facebook and Twitter as a “classroom”. I’ve already seen the power of social media with my company’s web site and blog, www.springhouse.com and blog.springhouse.com. I’ve been adding links to Mixx, Digg and StumbleUpon to help drive traffic to our site. I also use those social media sites to boost traffic to this blog, Daddy’s Toolbox. Every little bit helps!

So I know this isn’t really a daddy post but I haven’t had much time to post lately.

Tags: Facebook, Twitter, Social Media, parenting, Being a Dad

If you like this post please subscribe to my RSS Feed or subscribe via email.

Don’t Just Teach Your Child To Call 9-1-1 – Here’s Why!

I found this post on MomLogic.com this evening and wanted to share this information with as many parents out there. The article discusses teaching your children what to do in an emergency, such as, call 9-1-1 or learn your home address.

Our son is 3 1/2 years old and he has known the name of the street we live on for probably a year.  We would always say street names as we drove each morning to daycare.  Mommy and I would like to say "Hey buddy we’re almost home, we’re on Sycamore Lane"  He finally caught on and would say, "SICK–A–MORE LANE".  Of course the street number never really was learned at that time. I’m actually not sure he knows it now. Better be something else we start to review with him – learning his full address.

Boo attends full-day day care and I know he’s come home talking about emergencies, like when they had fire prevention week and Fireman Kevin showed up with a firetruck. All the preschoolers loved it and learned about what to do in the event of a fire and some other safety tips.

"You crawl out of the room, Daddy!" as Boo would tell me. Kids are so smart and really learn fast when they are young. He also would say "Dial 911".  Which is great.

So spend some time this weekend and review safety and what to do in an emergency with your children. You always look out for them and want them to be safe, there might be a day when they have to look out for you.

Follow me on Twitter