Archive:  October 26th, 2011

Zionnghaka Chana, a 67 year old father in Mizoram, India, has been busy. Like, 39 wives and 94 children busy. And you thought you were busy with one kid and a work-from-home gig.

Chana’s family consists of 181 members, including his wives, kids, grandkids and in-laws. This is where I’m obligated to tell you that Chana is part of a Christian cult that was started by his father. Chana would like do some traveling outside his city, or outside of India altogether. But it wouldn’t be a family vacation – Chana wants to find more wives so he can have more kids. You know, because the sweet tax deduction for 94 kids isn’t good enough. That’s got to be the ugliest “married, filing joint” return you could ever see.

And this is where I tell you that if you want to know more, hit the sauce below. Because it’s too late for crazy wafers tonight.

Hindustan Times

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This week’s Podcast Question of the Week has to do with kids and cell phones:

Do you let your kids play with your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch or other smartphone or tablet?

Recently, we talked to Ken Denmead, who you might know better as Geek Dad. He suggested that letting your kids play with (specifically) iOS devices is a fun way to get some learning in. With all of the educational apps out there and final-answer-refutation of cellphone radiation, we’re kind of stoked to see if our kids can beat that level of “Angry Birds” that seems im-poss-i-bal.

Do you let your kids play with your iPhone or iPad? How about an iPod Touch? Kindle? Nook? Tablet? Smartphone? Whatcha got and what do they play?

We want to know! Leave your answer in the comments here and we’ll read some of your answers on our podcast, this Sunday, 10/30.

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Target Recalls Frog Mask of Death

Since 8BitDad is always the frontrunner in parenting news, we wanted to tell you about this recall from October 21.

So just in case you thought it was a great idea to strap a frog-shaped pillow to your kid’s face, Target wants to let you know that – oops – their “Children’s Frog Masks” have been recalled.

Evidently, someone in Target’s Minneapolis headquarters recently watched “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and took note of Jack Nicholson being smothering by a pillow.

Just as Jack Nicholson lay lifeless on the bed after suffocating on synthetic pillow stuffing, so too will your child if you chose to buy them one of these masks. But thank the stars you didn’t, because they look like cheap pieces of crap that would definitely suffocate your kid, and probably somehow also catch fire and melt to your kid’s face.

That last part isn’t an official Target recall warning, it’s just me playing the odds.

If you’ve got any questions, you can call up Target Guest Relations between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. CT: (800) 440-0680

You should also take that dollar death mask back to your local Target. Or just throw it out. I mean, it was $1. You’ll spend a buck in gas just driving back there. And shame on you for buying it in the first place – it doesn’t even look like a frog.

CPSC

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