kids - Paul Jacobson

Teaching kids fractions

Geometry instruments

Our son is learning fractions at school. He's finding them a little challenging, so I've been trying to help him. On one hand, my math knowledge still seems to be sufficient at his level. On the other, I don't remember doing this stuff like he does it at school. I found a couple links that…

Building a computer with my daughter and Hello Ruby

I bought the Hello Ruby books for my daughter a couple months ago. She was interested in learning to code, and I had recently watched Linda Liukas' wonderful TED talk about how she came to write her books.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jRREn6ifEQ So I bought both of the Hello Ruby books: one about programming, and the other about computer…

Married For 12 Years

Today Gina and I have been married for 12 years. I've had the opportunity to wake up next to her almost every morning in those years (well, and a year or two before that too 😁).

When kids start treating the staff poorly

Kids playing with pillows on a bed

Reconcilable Differences #66, titled "Inherent Injustice", is both hilarious and cringeworthy for parents. The hosts, Merlin Mann and John Siracusa, were talking about raising young kids, setting examples for them, and issuing parental edicts.

Being a parent gives you superpowers

Being a parent gives you superpowers

You know how we tell our kids that we have superpowers like being able to see them doing crazy stuff through walls? Well, sometimes those aren't myths.

Being a Dad is mostly the stuff you didn’t intend doing

Being a Dad with my family

Being a Dad is often the stuff that happens while we are making other plans. I wrote this post for the Harassed Mom blog and thought I'd focus on how fatherhood is often more about our kids' plans than our own.

The heaviest object in the universe and other parenthood moments

All those parenthood moments

You are not the only one who encounters all those crazy parenthood moments. Here are a few that I have experienced in the last week or two. There are more and they're hilarious ... after the fact.

The tooth fairy versus the scientific method

The tooth fairy versus the scientific method

Our daughter is about to lose a tooth and she is really hoping that a tooth fairy will arrive at the appointed time. The question is whether we should maintain the illusion of a tooth fairy (or mouse)?

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