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Jonathan Coulton Song: You Ruined Everything (In the nicest way)
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Jonathan Coulton was once a mild-mannered computer programmer. But when his first child was born, he decided to quit his day job and pursue a career as a musician.
JoCo (as he’s known to his fans), mostly writes songs about robots, monsters, and mad scientists. However, here at DadGifts, our favorite JoCo tune is one he wrote about his daughter. Check it out!
The Super-Powers of Reading to Your Kids
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We’ve always known that reading to kids is important for building language and literacy skills, the benefits are even further-reaching. A new study shows that reading to babies and young children also builds social skills and emotional development, and can even help curb behavioral problems. The study also finds that when parents read and play with their children when they’re very young, from birth to age 3, it has a large impact on the child’s behavior in later childhood. We think this is a great reason to nurture your little bookworm from day one! Happy reading! Check out the article...