Babble

Kids not only say the darndest things, but they do them as well which makes them natural comedians. I normally tend to favor a more cerebral brand of toddler humor like when my son confuses anatomy, gender and bed wear with lines like, “Boys have a penis, girls have a pajama.” but there’s a lot to be said for the slapstick variety of physical ...

We are a Nation doped up on hypocrisy and anesthetized to the double-standard wherein one group is pardoned for the same actions for which another is condemned. One where the reputations and records of baseball immortals like 7-time Cy Young award winning pitcher Roger Clemens, All-time Home Run Champion Barry Bonds and former Viagra ...

Valentine’s Day was the one chance I got as a child to safely express my unrequited love for my secret crushes in 8 letters or less through the confectionary text messaging of my time, the Candy Heart. Through an innocent and seemingly innocuous note scratched into the surface of this heart-shaped courier I could tell Stephanie Fillipello that I ...

A generation of Helicopter Parents has in turn raised a generation of Boomerang Kids whose career paths follow a wide arcing curve that is ultimately leading them back to their point of origin; their parent’s homes. An unstable economy, a weak job market, student loan debt and sky-rocketing housing costs have all been identified as contributing ...

Whether you call it felony child abuse, a gross misinterpretation of the Hebrew Covenant of Circumcision or a father’s foreword thinking to reduce his son’s risk of contracting the HIV virus by 50% while increasing his need for a tetanus shot by 100%, a North Carolina Man has been accused of circumcising his sons with a utility knife. Caldwell ...

Since the dawn of man children have pitted their fathers against each other in imaginary cage matches of strength, speed, agility and intelligence. “My father can kill a wooly mammoth with his bare hands.” “Yeah we’ll my father’s cranial capacity is like 1200 cubic centimeters.” “No Way!” “Yes Way!” Now with the help of the Maharishi of Reality ...

Children are born with the innate ability to fake crying as a ploy to get what they want. As natural students of Strasberg these purveyors of crocodile tears use The Method in their quest for things like theatrical truth and a later bedtime. Women, in their own right, have been proven in two separately funded studies to be exceptional ...

In a recent survey of the people writing this post the question was posed, “As a child, which of the following was your favorite wintertime activity?” A) Making Snow Angels B) Making Snowmen C) Making Snowmen make-out with Snow Angels D) Sleigh Riding E) Snowball fights F) Building a Snow Fort G) Overcharging Neighbors to shovel their Driveways H) ...

Lately, the subject of potty training and changing time golden showers have been a hot topic here in the hallowed halls of Strollerderby U. Professor Murphy has outed herself as a Potty Training School Dropout (No graduation day for you. Potty Training School Dropout, missed your midterms and flunked pee and poo) while Professor Holler questioned ...

Whatever happened to baking a hacksaw blade into a birthday cake? Smuggling contraband into prisons has gotten slightly more inventive and slightly less moral since the days of hiding weapons, drugs and pornography in baked goods; although there is still a healthy market in penal complexes for Pot Brownies and Polaroids of muffin tops concealed in ...