I can look into adding a birthday section and/or a side module which will show the birthdays of members, leave that with me.
Im also wanting people's opinions on adding what are called RSS feeds to the forum. The basic explanation of what RSS feeds are is that you can keep updated on the forum without always having to visit the site in and of itself...if your pushed for time but still want to know what is going on while your doing something else at the computer then you can be kept up to date and login when something catches your eye.
This might be a little more for the dads but all opinions, comments, questions and suggestions are welcome.