http://www.topicisland.com Find your topical destination Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:34:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.topicisland.com/parenting/the-things-children-make-you-say-as-a-parent/2454 http://www.topicisland.com/parenting/the-things-children-make-you-say-as-a-parent/2454#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:00:41 +0000 admin http://www.topicisland.com/?p=2454 Post written by Rick & Tanya Doyle The Things Children Make You Say as a Parent I wouldn’t trade being a husband and a parent for my single life for all the money in the world.  However, as a parent and spouse I have found over the last 4 years that children make you say [...]]]> http://www.topicisland.com/parenting/the-things-children-make-you-say-as-a-parent/2454/feed 35 http://www.topicisland.com/parenting/generation-x-y-and-t-who-we-are-raising/2380 http://www.topicisland.com/parenting/generation-x-y-and-t-who-we-are-raising/2380#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:00:49 +0000 admin http://www.topicisland.com/?p=2380 Post Written By Rick Doyle Generation X, Y and T Who We Are Raising I will confess that the Generation X, Y and T definitions are according to my research nearly impossible to define by birth years. Who we are raising, our perceptions of what generation they belong to or in is defined by what [...]]]> http://www.topicisland.com/parenting/generation-x-y-and-t-who-we-are-raising/2380/feed 144 http://www.topicisland.com/parenting/teaching-parents-a-lesson-about-their-children-and-school/2328 http://www.topicisland.com/parenting/teaching-parents-a-lesson-about-their-children-and-school/2328#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:00:01 +0000 admin http://www.topicisland.com/?p=2328 Post Written By Rick Doyle Teaching Parents a Lesson About Their Children and School Parents, we at the PTA would like to welcome you to the 2009 education of your children and three ring circus also known as school.  We would like to share with you the lessons your children will learn and partake in [...]]]> http://www.topicisland.com/parenting/teaching-parents-a-lesson-about-their-children-and-school/2328/feed 28 http://www.topicisland.com/parenting/fathers-day-rocks-thank-you-kids-with-love-from-a-happy-dad/1925 http://www.topicisland.com/parenting/fathers-day-rocks-thank-you-kids-with-love-from-a-happy-dad/1925#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:00:38 +0000 admin http://www.topicisland.com/?p=1925 Post written by Rick Doyle Father’s Day Rocks, Thank You Kids with Love from a Happy Dad Just around the corner is Happy Fathers Day again.  Like a lot of dads out there I’m very, very lucky.  Becoming a dad was the surprise of a lifetime.  It was something I never expected and for me it [...]]]> http://www.topicisland.com/parenting/fathers-day-rocks-thank-you-kids-with-love-from-a-happy-dad/1925/feed 7 http://www.topicisland.com/parenting/when-the-diaper-is-mightier-than-the-dad/1148 http://www.topicisland.com/parenting/when-the-diaper-is-mightier-than-the-dad/1148#comments Sat, 09 May 2009 05:00:51 +0000 admin http://www.topicisland.com/?p=1148 Post written by Rick Doyle When the Diaper is Mightier than the Dad   Some men are made of steel while others are intellectual masterminds but no matter how clever, strong or even mightier than a super hero the Achilles Heel is universally a weak stomach.  A few years ago as a brand new Dad, [...]]]> http://www.topicisland.com/parenting/when-the-diaper-is-mightier-than-the-dad/1148/feed 28 http://www.topicisland.com/parenting/everything-old-is-new-again-sooner-or-later/108 http://www.topicisland.com/parenting/everything-old-is-new-again-sooner-or-later/108#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 05:00:18 +0000 admin http://www.topicisland.com/?p=108 Post written by Rick Doyle Everything Old is New Again, Sooner or Later   I was home with the kids just reminiscing and having a little YouTube fun since my 4 year old twins like to rock out with Dad when Mom is out shopping.  It’s only rock ‘n roll but we love it.  It’s [...]]]> http://www.topicisland.com/parenting/everything-old-is-new-again-sooner-or-later/108/feed 59 http://www.topicisland.com/parenting/happy-mothers-day-with-love-from-your-husband-and-kids/1444 http://www.topicisland.com/parenting/happy-mothers-day-with-love-from-your-husband-and-kids/1444#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 23:34:04 +0000 admin http://www.topicisland.com/?p=1444 Post written by Rick Doyle Happy Mothers Day with Love from Your Husband and Kids My wife and the mother of our kids has the perfect attitude about commercial holidays like Mother’s Day.  She tells me to have the kids pick flowers or make clay hand prints or get her something from the heart, not [...]]]> http://www.topicisland.com/parenting/happy-mothers-day-with-love-from-your-husband-and-kids/1444/feed 1 http://www.topicisland.com/parenting/when-parents-teachers-and-children-are-not-on-the-same-page/1367 http://www.topicisland.com/parenting/when-parents-teachers-and-children-are-not-on-the-same-page/1367#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:00:41 +0000 admin http://www.topicisland.com/?p=1367 Post written by admin When Parents, Teachers and Children are Not On the Same Page It may only be preschool but the drama is very real to us rookies when it comes to problem teachers.  I’m totally serious so please don’t laugh. What do you do when you find out that your children haven’t won [...]]]> http://www.topicisland.com/parenting/when-parents-teachers-and-children-are-not-on-the-same-page/1367/feed 7 http://www.topicisland.com/parenting/confessions-of-a-new-dad/72 http://www.topicisland.com/parenting/confessions-of-a-new-dad/72#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:00:17 +0000 admin http://www.topicisland.com/?p=72 Post written by Rick Doyle Confessions of a New Dad Okay, I’m not a brand new Dad but I’m new at being a Dad and every stage is unique and wondrous.  I became a Dad at 44 years of age and I wasn’t eased into it by any stretch of the imagination.  One day my [...]]]> http://www.topicisland.com/parenting/confessions-of-a-new-dad/72/feed 0 http://www.topicisland.com/parenting/octomom-responsible-vs-reasonable-vs-removal/81 http://www.topicisland.com/parenting/octomom-responsible-vs-reasonable-vs-removal/81#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:00:07 +0000 admin http://www.topicisland.com/?p=81 Post written by Tanya and Rick Doyle OctoMom – Responsible vs Reasonable vs Removal As you read this some of you will nod your heads while some of you will shake your heads but everyone that has seen Octomom, Nadya Suleman, in interviews or read about her and the enormous litter of children she has [...]]]> http://www.topicisland.com/parenting/octomom-responsible-vs-reasonable-vs-removal/81/feed 1