This week’s Podcast Question of the Week is about bullying:

How do you protect your kids from bullying?

Everyone feels bullied at some point, usually in those delicate teen years. And with the dawn of the internet and social media, kids are being bullied in new ways over new networks in capacities that are causing them to kill themselves. These stories are in the news – daily.

It’s a sad situation, to say the least.

But how do we protect our kids from bullying? Do you teach them to fight back? Do you teach them to tell the proper authorities? Do you moderate their social networks? Do you have a one-on-one with your kid to sort out their emotions?

We want to know! Leave your answer in the comments here and we’ll read some of your answers on our podcast! Be sure to watch on Tuesday, 3/6.

(there was no good pic for a serious question about bullying…okay?!)

Take a cruise around Instagram and if you didn’t know it already, you’ll soon learn that parents love to take pictures of their babies. You’ll also learn what baby ears look like, because babies have this crazy way of knowing when you’re about to snap a shot and turn their heads. Two Brazilian fathers found a great way for parents to get great photos of their babies’ faces, and you’d be surprised to learn their inspiration for their new iPhone app, Baby Pic.

We’ve also got one code for Baby Pic lyin’ around and will give it to one of you readers (see details after the review)!

Episode 019: A Little Bit Louder Now

This week’s episode covers the following stories on 8bitdad.com for the week leading up to February 28th, 2012: Trolling Through #Dad / Disney World “Moms Panel” Email Rant / My Daughter Saved Me From Going To Jail / Fathers, Roll Out: Glen Freyer & Shawn Bean Need Backup

A father in Ontario, Canada is relieved, (and a little miffed) after a shakedown by Family and Children’s Services and the local police over his gun.

His – ahem – toy gun.

Editor’s Note: ”Fatherhood On the Go” is the multi-part story of Remy Stevensen and his family. Please consider donating to this cause (DONATION DRIVE OVER) to make Remy’s ride a success!

On March 1st, my wife, two of our children and myself will be biking across the country. We will pack our bikes, get on an airplane courtesy of Alaskan Airlines here in Seattle, and fly to Long Beach California. My wife will be carrying supplies and I will be pulling the kids in a trailer made by Chariot, along with some gear and musical instruments. The Chariot has 5 point harnesses for the two kids, a roll cage, and leaf springs for suspension (No shaken babies in this family).

Our route will first bring us to Yuma, AZ then Phoenix, White Sands National Monument and on up to Omaha to see my wife’s brother. We then swing a little more north to see more family in Iowa. After Iowa, we head east and north up to Niagara Falls. I brought my oldest son to Niagara Falls when I was moving home after the military, so it will be nice to bring the youngest children there as well. The last leg of our tour will be for us to shoot east to Syracuse, through southern Vermont and New Hampshire to our destination; Bar Harbor, Maine.

We are going to ride two bicycles across the country to raise awareness and funds for Charity: Water, which is, in our personal opinions, an awesome charity.

Most fathers don’t read Parenting.com, and there’s a reason why. Go to their website and click the “dad” link.

That’ll tie up a couple people for awhile, but the point is: there’s no “dad” link. At least, not right up alongside “mom”. Maybe it’s in “community”, since that’s what they treat fathers as. This was especially true recently, in a one-two-punch from Glen Freyer and Shawn Bean.

Wall-of-Text Warning: If you don’t absolutely love the pants off reading, do not click that “continued” button.