Cooper & Kid Introduces Catch - A New EZine for Dads

Being a dad just got even better. Cooper and Kid (www.cooperandkid.com), the retail brand that champions dads through dedicated products and services designed to help men embrace their mission into fatherhood, announces the launch of a new online publication for dads: Catch (http://cooperandkid.com/catch/). Catch, e-published on Cooper and Kid’s newly redesigned website, released its first issue on August 19, 2013.

Created by Cooper and Kid founder Nichole Smaglick, Catch offers honest and often humorous content contributed by a diverse selection of dads to help all men with children navigate through fatherhood. “Catch is an intelligent and accessible online portal for dads to explore, celebrate, and navigate through what it means to be a father, as well as enhance the critical rite of passage into fatherhood,” says Smaglick. “While the market is saturated with content geared towards moms and expecting moms, there are only a few scattered resources that dads can turn to, and Catch satisfies this void for all fathers.

Articles will be categorized into eight topic pillars: The Meatball Man Date – 1 on 1’s with dads; Cowboy Compass – outdoor skills and stories; Play – projects and toys; First, Get the Pancake – cooking and food as a dad; Manual Shift – exploring the gear-change of fatherhood; Body Shop – workouts and nutrition; Art and Entertainment – books, movies, TV, music, videos, apps, games; and Battle Zone – a weekly face-off for all things dad, man and parenting. A ninth pillar is expected to follow soon after launch. New content will be published daily, Monday through Friday. Contributors include real dads and also celebrity dads and newsmakers.

“Becoming a dad changes a man’s life not only in his perception of self and personal growth, but also how he manages his free-time, career, finances, health, relationships and inner moral compass, says Smaglick. “Dads will explore that metamorphosis of becoming a father with humor and straight-talk honesty, discover dad and non-dad tips on cool things to do, as well as ways to handle new situations and poignant manhood fodder. Topics and writers will evolve over time, so every time dads return, they will ‘Catch’ something new.”



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Book Review - Teh Itteh Bitteh Book of Kittehs

About the Book
The Web site icanhascheezburger.com, the Internet's depot for LOLcat pictures, has already spawned two New York Times bestsellers: I Can Has Cheezburger? and How to Take Over teh Wurld. Now the mad geniuses behind the site have pored over their copious archive of cat photos with misspelled captions to bring fans a collection that raises the bar for cuteness.

While the first book explained the LOLcat philosophy, the second helped readers live these tenets themselves. With Teh Itteh Bitteh Book of Kittehs, the focus is now on the cutest cat of all: tiny, heartwarming, adorable kittens. The result is page after page of uber- cuteness that will charm anyone who loves kitties (and those who just love to laugh at these frisky bundles of fur).


About the Author

Ben Huh is the CEO of Cheezburger Network, which owns and operates I Has A Hotdog, I Can Has Cheezburger.com, Fail Blog, and 38 other popular humor sites. He is a former journalist turned dot com entrepreneur who has a knack for nailing the zeitgeist. Ben has been credited with bringing Internet memes to the mainstream and popularizing Internet culture. The success of his business is attributed to his knowledge of memes, viral content, and crowd sourcing. Ben has been featured in the New York Times, TIME, the LA Times, and Wired magazine, among many publications in print and online.

My Thoughts on the Book
My family are animal lovers and especially cat lovers.  and this book was strewn full of kittens! I had not really known much about  icanhascheezburger.com so when I received this book, I did not know exactly what to expect.

This book is full of  pictures of kittens with funny captions....that is the main concept. While it is definitely not going to increase your IQ, I will say that it will provide you with some fun entertainment through the clean humor that it provides.

The book is very quick read but may take you a bit longer if you have not seen books like these before. Why do I say this? One of the things that people either love or hate about the way that the website and book is written is that it is not written grammatically correct. I know that when J-Mom read this (being an elementary teach by training), she did not really like the way the book was set up for this reason. I can set that aside (though at times, I did have to go back a second time to make sure I read it right).

If this book sounds like something that you would like in your own library, you can find it on Amazon!

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Family Impact Parenting Products

About the ProductsAre Your Kids Driving You Nuts?

The Are Your Kids Driving You Nuts? is a 115-page parenting resource manual. It teaches you how to avoid parent traps like Control, Anger, Rage, Arguing, Lying, etc. Dr. James Jones has a down-to-earth approach that teaches the principles of correct parenting with humor and common sense. You will find practical, easy to understand solutions to many common parenting problems--and they really work!

My Take on the BookA humorous, but insightful book on the pitfalls that many of us fall into as parents and what we need to be thinking about if we are to survive. I know that I have definitely struggled with a number of the issues that Dr. Jones talks about in the book, and the nice thing about this book is that it does not make you feel stupid for having difficulty. On the contrary, Dr. Jones make you feel empowered and willing to take on a new challenge one at a time. This will definitely be a book that I will be reading over and over as I make the change myself for the better!

If you have an interest in this book you can find it on Amazon!

The 3 Nevers

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Dr. Jones most popular CD. Find out how to immediately improve your family relationships.

 

My Take on the CD

I was given a sample of this audio CD. I was impressed by how straight-forward, humorous and self-effacing the speaker was. He made me think twice about some of the practices that I was using with my own child and I can say that I would definitely have listened to the whole lecture if I had been given the chance. Family impact offers 16 full length CD's for families on a number of issues. If all of the other lectures follow the same mantra of this, I would highly recommend that you also listen in to gain some great insights into your own parenting skills.

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