Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - Aug 24, 2011, 5:29 pm
I was driving home today after dropping off my youngest daughter at soccer camp. I was using my wife’s car so I had turned the station over to JR Country. She hates it when i do that, she is a Top 40 kinda gal so it is an ongoing radio war. Anyhow, Alan Jackson’s “Small Town Southern Man” w...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - Aug 23, 2011, 3:00 pm
I had an outstanding time this past week camping with friends. There is nothing quite like being content sitting on a dock, staring out onto the water for hours or gathering about a campfire and staring hypnotically into the flames. What was even better was that the kids were happy with it too. It t...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - Aug 7, 2011, 9:57 pm
As a father of two girls, I have to be honest. I like the idea of a world where women have the upper hand. A world where men haven’t a chance in competing with them and their opportunities are unfettered by male meddling. This is not to say that I feel that they can’t or wont be able to hold the...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - Jul 16, 2011, 12:36 pm
First Find Figured I would try something different this post and that is, provide a positive uplifting experience for my readers. Ok, every word won’t be a ray of sunshine but the main thesis will be all warm and cuddly. Every summer, at schools end, I try to grab something fun for the kids to do...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - Jul 14, 2011, 12:57 pm
I like to look back every once in a while and check out which of my blog post have been most popular over the year and this has been a relatively good year for Parenting Old School. This blog has been around in various forms over the past few years but has only existed as Parenting Old School for ...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - Jul 1, 2011, 1:21 am

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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - Jun 27, 2011, 11:36 pm
By now, you have more than likely heard about the Riot in Vancouver that followed the Vancouver Canucks loss to the Boston Bruins in the final game of the Stanley Cup. When I first started penning this blog post, I was so pissed off about what happened, much of what I was writing was complete gibbe...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - May 24, 2011, 12:18 am
Who speaks such Blasphemy you are asking? Well the New York Times said it, so it must be true. In a may 20th article called Who’s Failing Grade Is It? columnist Lisa Belkin looks at the growing trend of state governments, trying to fix the problem of declining schools by creating laws, which p...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - Apr 27, 2011, 9:08 pm
Swiss Army Knife Ah the Swiss army knife. The ultimate utility tool. Knife, bottle opener, corkscrew, tweezers, screwdriver, pry bar, saw, stick sharpener, bug dissection tool… The list of uses is endless. I have had one close at hand for as long as I can remember. I was given one as a kid and ...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - Apr 21, 2011, 8:41 pm
As you already know, I am a Yes or No parent. Black and White, there is no middle ground or “shades of grey“. Some call it simplistic and some people call it archaic but I simply call it sensible. If executed properly, this type of parenting makes for a simple family dynamic without all the rig...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - Apr 17, 2011, 11:23 pm
Vance Williams contributes – Some exceptional thoughts on parenting and what worked for him and his daughter As someone who has a newly minted 18 year old, I know the challenges that parents face.  As an observer at my daughter’s functions, I noticed almost right away that there was one big f...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - Feb 27, 2011, 10:29 pm
Well this post will be a minefield of doggy dew but I  will try avoid stepping in it… Too Much. Trashy Teens & Parental Modeling is one of the more contentious parts of this issue as it frequently steps on a few toes along the way. This is mainly because I feel a trashy child is more a reflectio...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - Feb 23, 2011, 12:55 am
I am so tired of hearing this line. “The problem with schools is…” It prefaces every discussion anyone has about education these days. Whether it be politicians, parents or even teachers, when ever people gather to discuss education, the discussion inevitably turns to how horrible things are i...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - Jan 21, 2011, 8:22 pm
I have to say when  I heard all the fuss about Amy Chua and her book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, I just had to find out more. How could a memior on parenting possibly garner death threats? Not only is the fuss of interest to me but as someone who is married to a Tiger(ish) Mother, this book ...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - Nov 14, 2010, 8:38 pm
I love Christmas, I truly do. It is perhaps my favourite 2 days of the year. I even like the lead up to Christmas. I love Christmas shopping, Christmas parties, decorating, the music, the food and most of all coming together with family and friends… It is just a great time of year. Now some of yo...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - Sep 19, 2010, 2:08 pm
I have taken on a new personal project this past week. I decided to participate in the The Ride to Conquer Cancer, a 200 kilometer or 124 mile bicycle ride from Vancouver to Seattle. The event occurs every June for the purpose of raising money for Cancer treatment and research. The event attracts ...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - Aug 14, 2010, 2:22 am
Previous Post - Trashy Age Appropriate Access To Media - If we accept that the media will continue to dish out whatever the populace will eagerly consume, then we can only conclude that the hyper sexualized images that are so pervasive in all types of media today will continue to be present for ...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - Aug 13, 2010, 6:40 pm
I was standing in the grocery checkout the other day and spotted The Macleans Magazine with a  cover story called Outraged Moms & Trashy Daughters. Upon seeing this, I knew in an instant what my next blog post was about. The long and the short of the article is that: There seems to be a grow...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - Jul 22, 2010, 8:45 pm
For some strange reason, our society has decided that our children are in mortal danger all the time. It is a world where parents constantly fear for their children and their physical wellbeing. It is a world where a superficial flesh wound on our child’s flawless fresh flesh is unacceptable. I...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - Jul 21, 2010, 12:59 am
I am back and you know… This second post was not as easy as I though it would be. I have spent the past few weeks vacationing with family, which included a memorial for my Father who himself was an incredibly ethical man.  During this incredible time with my family, laughing and reminiscing...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - Jun 14, 2010, 12:21 am
It is undeniable that the internet is a fantastic source for information and communication tool but it is also a cesspool of problems if a child has unrestricted access to it. As my eldest child inches ever closer to teen hood, my wife and I are frequently evaluating how much access is too much a...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - Jun 6, 2010, 10:11 pm
I love this! Yet another piece of evidence to support the Old School Parenting philosophy. A recent study, presented on May 29 at the Association of Psychological Science Convention in Boston, is raising the alarm about helicopter parenting and how it is producing neurotic children. While it is ref...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - May 29, 2010, 3:50 pm
Just like any good parent, you should know what your kid is up to. Your parents tried to keep tabs on you just as their parents tried to keep tabs on them. In today’s world it isn’t quite as easy as it use to be. Our communities are vastly different than in the past. Our children’s mobility is...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - May 20, 2010, 4:03 pm
Today’s Social Networks are essentially all the same. They provide members with a place to interact with others and share photos, thoughts, opinions, play games and essentially waste immense amounts of time. Every once in a while someone will come up with something new and exciting and peo...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - May 16, 2010, 3:48 pm
From the very beginning, there has always been a peculiar attraction to networking with others through the internet.  Initially this was the sole purpose of the internet, a place where academics could exchanging ideas and information via a digital medium. Once the internet moved from the ivory to...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - May 12, 2010, 1:33 pm
The trouble with being an Old School Parent is that we live in a new age world.  High Speed, High Tech, High, High, High! It is virtually impossible to compair the world I grew up in, to what my children experience. Try as I might to keep it “opld school”, high tech has a big infl...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - May 6, 2010, 8:04 pm
Up until this past week, I don’t think have used the word Narcissism more than a handful of times. Of course I knew what it meant (kinda) but it is just never entered my vernacular.  Calling someone a Narcissist wasn’t nice, especially a child. It was something you would call an arrogan...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - Apr 30, 2010, 1:59 pm
I have to say, I don’t get the backpack phenomenon. I don’t think I had anything to carry my books in until I was in at least grade 7. Today however, kids carry everything but the kitchen sink in the silly things. Books, water bottles, lunch, gym strip, various treasures collected...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - Apr 28, 2010, 12:11 am
In the past 11 years of parenting, my wife and I have managed to do one thing right and if this is the only good thing we manage to do, it is perhaps one of the most important lessons we could possibly teach. Now this is significant so get ready… It is a big Lesson in life! In eleven years o...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - Apr 20, 2010, 10:03 pm
I was having a pint the other day with one of the other soccer dads, it was one of those getting to know you beyond the soccer pitch kinda things. As we quaffed our beer, we talked about our families and a few other manly topics that I won’t get into here and then the topic of guns came up. T...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - Mar 20, 2010, 1:27 pm
In our household it is all soccer all the time, not from my end but from my eldest daughters. She LOVES the game and will play year round if given the opportunity. Her career goal is to be a professional soccer player or perhaps an Olympian so moving up in the ranks is very important to her. Where ...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - Feb 7, 2010, 8:21 pm
Hyper Parents & Coddled Children finally aired this week and I was not disappointed. I have been waiting for this documentary for quite some time and it is finally here. CBC or the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation does some fine work and this documentary is no exception in its look at how we parent...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - Jan 27, 2010, 1:14 am
Well it happened, after many years of battling Parkinson’s, my father finally lost his fight. I have to say I am glad he no longer has to suffer the pain and the indignity that he was subjected to in his final months. For someone who lived his life with honor, honesty and hard work he had a g...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - Jan 15, 2010, 7:18 pm
I have to say, I  just howled when I saw this book being advertised online and just had to give it a read. It had that Old School Parenting ring to it and I couldn’t let it pass by without a comment. If nothing else buy this book  to leave laying out when you have those friends with the hell...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - Jan 4, 2010, 6:24 pm
As I have said a number of times in my Just Say No series, this philosophy is not about depriving your child of their wants, needs or opportunities.  Just Say No is more about teaching a child about the realities of life. Just Say No is about teaching your child that in life there are boundarie...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - Dec 11, 2009, 11:16 pm
Ok perhaps I am a bit old school but why in gods name does a child of 10 need and ipod? An iPod seems to be the must have gift of this holiday season for my eldest daughter but I am having a great deal of difficulty rationalizing why a child of ten years needs one. If I am to look at the hard numb...
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Keith R. posted an article on Parenting Old School - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Ethics… Exciting stuff I know but it is something we don’t really think about much any more. It seems to be lost on most people and if you were to ask the average person to define ethics, they would have difficulty doing it. At one time ethics guided our daily lives, they were the foundation of...
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