Clik here to view.
Toys: Could the Swarmfire be the perfect Nerf gun?
Wired Magazine has a full review of the latest in playtime warfare, the fully-automatic, battery powered Nerf Swarmfire. Why should you care? Well, any office drone knows that when all hell breaks...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Toys: Full Water Jacket
In "say hello to my little friend" news, Nerf is again stepping up the game in playtime warfare, leading the way with the Thunderstorm … It has been a long time since we've seen something new and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Allowances Make Children Lazy
Just giving kids money sends them the wrong message about being responsible and working hard. They need to earn it. After my post about how hard work is the best thing you can teach your kids, many...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gadgets: New Nerf Guns Firing Updated Ammunition, Blackwater Not...
Because Americans clearly can’t resist the urge to shoot each other with projectile weapons, NERF (you know, the folks that brought you the semi-automatic dart gun) decided to take the concept one...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Soccer’s Mad Men
JP Pelosi investigates how handshakes and martinis impact international soccer. Like every iPhone iteration, or new edition of Madden, soccer ball designers continue tinkering with something that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cheating to Become Champions
Tor Constantino looks at how cheating at professional sports trickles down to our kids ___ Leading up to the Super Bowl earlier this month, you couldn’t throw around a Nerf football without hitting a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Some Guys Never Lose Their Inner Kid
What happens when grownups start playing with the toys of their youth? You get ‘Toy Wars.’ ___ These guys take their toys really seriously. Photo—andrewmfilms/Flickr The post Some Guys Never Lose...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Boys, Guns, Blasters, and Men—and the New, Normalized Now
When my son was born, I vowed he would never own a toy gun. I could not even wrap my head around the concept that pretending to shoot other people might be considered a “game.” Even water guns...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ten Things I’ve Learned From Raising Boys
Joanna Schroeder loves being a mom of boys, but admits that there are a few things about them that have surprised her. —- 1. No matter how gender-neutral you may try to be with the toys you give them,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Trying to Keep Kids Safe in a Gun-Obsessed World
Joanna Schroeder, a mother of two active boys, confides that she lets her kids play with toy guns. When our first son was born, my husband and I knew we’d have to face the big “G” someday: guns. We...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Grip It and Try Not to Rip It
When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things. Joe Namath Fred Cox, the co-inventor of the Nerf football, passed recently. I use the pun...
View Article
