Tag: children

  • A reminder of what its all about, at least for me

    Wow, what a year this has been. “Challenging” doesn’t quite describe it for me. My business is evolving rapidly and about to take what could potentially be a radical leap in a fairly different direction and while I’m excited about it, it also scares me more than a little (which means it is probably also…

  • Never be afraid to hug your daughter

    I’m reading The Great Discontent interview with Merlin Mann (an inspiration) and just read this bit that I love: When my wife and I found out that we were having a girl—and I hope this doesn’t sound sexist or anything—the women I talked to all said the same thing: “Never be afraid to hug your…

  • Support the Pink Aliceband Campaign

    Daniella and Michael’s little girl, Maria, has leukaemia and they created The Pink Aliceband Campaign to create more awareness about kids with life threatening illnesses: This page is all about creating awareness for kids with life threatening diseases. All for my daughter, Maria who loves pink alicebands I don’t think I can quite imagine what…

  • iPads in schools: it's happening already

    I just linked to this great video showing kids from a variety of schools using iPads in classes: The prospect of iPads in schools as a norm still seems a little far fetched in our diverse economic bands but I want to see my kids going to school with iPads instead of bags of back-breaking…

  • Dramatic rescue highlights importance of strapping kids in

    An amazing rescue took place on a Southern California highway after a truck rear ended a BMW carrying a mother and her two children, one of which is an 11 week old infant. The rescue itself is pretty dramatic and the convergence of events is almost incredible. The one thing that stood out is that…

  • Cougars and why some people shouldn't have children

    Some people either shouldn’t have children or will raise pretty robust kids!