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Top Ten Christmas Movies For Kids
Sure, this time of year, everyone goes on and on about The Christmas Story and “you’ll shoot your eye out”, but I’m not sure that younger kids really get that movie. Die Hard and Lethal Weapon are far...
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Happy Year-End-Holiday-Of-Your-Choice!
Whatever you celebrate this time of year, we at Safari Dad wish for the best for you. May your wishes be joyous, your loved ones close, and your gifts as plentiful as they are meaningful. Happy...
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Surprise Boy To Surprise Troops
Did your kids make you a holiday card? Did they perhaps make cards for their best friends too? If they were really industrious, they might have made one for each of their classmates. No matter what,...
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A Parent’s New Year’s Resolutions For 2011
At the start of the New Year, it’s traditional for people to make sweeping statements about how they plan to improve themselves or their situation in the coming year. I could certainly do that — I...
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Martin Luther King Jr. Versus The Snow Day
On the one hand, it is important to recognize the life and accomplishments of the great Martin Luther King, Jr. On the other hand, educating our children is just about the most important task we have...
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Dreaming a Dream
Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day here in the US, a federal holiday. That means that the kids don’t have school so, because I don’t have to get them up and out the door, I get an extra hour of...
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A Summer of Cinema
Has summer vacation snuck up on you as it has the rest of us? Are you staring at three months of “I’m bored!” and wracking your brain (and searching the internet) for activities that will keep them...
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Alex P. Keaton and the Fourth of July
I have an early memory — probably from about age four or five — of Fourth of July fireworks. We had gone to see the big fireworks show and I was in bed trying to go to sleep. Back then, however,...
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Memories of Prides Past
I’m not going to lie — the last year or so has been a doozy. My kids’ school shut down in March and, like everyone else, we’ve been just trying to keep our heads above water. College selection, high...
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Bringing Pride to Upstate New York
As mentioned before, when my son started school at Cal Poly SLO, I added a Cal Poly Pride shirt to my wardrobe. I wanted to show my support for him, his school, and the LGBTQ+ community. Naturally,...
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