Name: Mike Lanza
Occupation: writer, entrepreneur
Kids: three boys: Marco (7-1/2), Nico (4-1/2), and Leo (3)
Location: Menlo Park, CA
Where to find me online: Playborhood.com
1. My favorite toy from childhood: Hot Wheels
2. My favorite children's book: Roxaboxen by Alice McLerranÂ
3. A song I'll be really bummed if my kids don't end up loving: Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans? (by Louis Armstrong)
4. A website or blog I visit regularly: Post-Gazette.com/sports (yes, I'll always be a diehard Pittsburgh sports fan - Go Steeler Nation!!!)
5. A product I would recommend to another dad: my book, Playborhood: Turn Your Neighborhood Into a Place to Play
6. A question I hope my kids never ask me: "How important is penis size?"
7. My favorite way to spend a few hours with my kids: Wading up our neighborhood creek.
8. A parenting trick that works for me and not for my wife: After a good workout, offer the kids a meal of lots of sugar and carbs to go along with fruits and veggies.
9. A myth about modern dads: The only way to be a good dad is to coach a sports team.
10. My parenting superpower: I can get *any* kid who visits our house to have wild-crazy fun in our yard within a half hour of arriving.
Thanks Mike!
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Mike's a cool dad, though!
I love the book Roxaboxen. I grew up in the desert of AZ and we played in the cacti just like this story.
Cool dad too...
Sugar, dude, read up on it......it's like poison for your system. A fruit here and there---that's good fer ya.