Pros And Cons Of Screen Time For Kids | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
According The Onion, these are the pros of screen time for kids PROS Provides desensitization needed to face horrors of real life Sedentary, obese children significantly easier to babysit Prev...
A wonderful conversation with director Mark Linfield about family, parallels between monkey and human society, and his new Disneynature movie 'Monkey Kingdom.'
Free activities from bestselling kids books
Did you know that many of the best kids books have free printables and downloadable activity books? Publishers offer these for teachers and parents to extend popular and educational stories. Here a...
Take an Internet Field Trip: 5 Links to Share with Your Kids
Share awesome, fun links with your kids on an Internet Field Trip curated for Parent Co. by Today Box. Today Box curates fun and educational daily facts, videos, photos, and jokes for curious kids ...
What to do when your kid has lice (the lousiest experience of all)
If your child gets lice, there's no direct easy way to treat it. The process is long and painful. It sucks, but here are some tips to help.
Over 100 entries and thousands of votes later, here are the winners of our VW bus photo contest. Two winners will receive a custom illustration of their bus, printed on archival paper and framed.
Top 5 links for parents 4/17-4/24
This conversation between Darin Ross and his daughter is the sweetest thing we've read this week. (And as a bonus, we stumbled upon it when revisiting his amazingly epic burrito rant. BTW, it's eve...
"The Big Three gatekeepers have an enormous amount of data about us. Theyre like Santa Claus: They know when weve been sleeping; they know when were awake; and they know when a new dating app ge...
On the Road Again? Pack These Foods.
Skip the fast food and unhealthy roadside fare on your next family road trip and bring these snacks instead.
Get ready for "Dragons Beware" with our interview with Jorge Aguirre and Rafael Rosado
A free flowing conversation with Jorge Aguirre and Rafael Rosado about creativity, family, storytelling, and their popular books "Giants Beware" and "Dragons Beware."
Besides Being Absolutely Disgusting, Parenthood is Beautiful
You know where I haven't nursed a baby? In a field of daisies while a gentle breeze blew through my hair. Motherhood can be downright gross.
Ultimate List of Education Apps for Kids
Check out Katie Williams, M.Ed. super useful list of Education Apps for Kids: "This ultimate resource lists the best apps for kids, the best apps for parents, and the best apps for teachers. Plea...
What's Better Than the Star Wars VII Trailer? Babies Watching the Star Wars VII Trailer | Adweek
What's Better Than the Star Wars VII Trailer? Babies Watching the Star Wars VII Trailer | Adweek.
Maya Angelou & Basquiat Wrote a Children's Book
In Life Doesnt Frighten Me, Maya Angelous poems speak to the courage within each child. While unknown things, darkness, and new experiences may make a kiddo nervous, Angelou writes about not bein...
Digital Natives, Yet Strangers to the Web - The Atlantic
"Although many of todays teens are immersed in social media, that doesnt mean "that they inherently have the knowledge or skills to make the most of their online experiences," writes Danah Boyd i...
The best book for exploring and sharing nature with kids
My very favorite book for exploring and sharing nature with kids is This Book Was a Tree: Ideas, Adventures, and Inspiration for Rediscovering the Natural World by Marcie Chambers Cuff. Its both...
The Puzzling Rise in Nearsighted Children - WSJ
"Nearsightedness among Americans has increased quite a bit over the past few decades, but it's nothing compared to the spike in Asia. In a recent study, "80% of 4,798 Beijing teenagers tested as ne...
"In the months that followed my ordeal, I struggled to see myself as that stranger had seen menot a mother running an errand, making a judgment call, juggling demands, but a criminal, a threat to ...
The Overly-Critical Childrens Book Review: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? I see a book plagued by lack of conviction, critical thinking, and true intellectual curiosity. It's doomed from page two.
I’ve noticed that almost all parents who ask "How much homework help do I offer my child" have 3 things in common.
The Importance of Eating Together The Atlantic
"The average American eats one in every five meals in her car, one in four Americans eats at least one fast food meal every single day, and the majority of American families report eating a single ...
Free, fun printable comic book activities to spark kid creativity
Here are three awesome, free, printable activity guides for your kids from First Second Books. These activities are fun, buy they'll also spark creativity and teach your kids a bit about drawing co...
Take an Internet Field Trip: 5 Links to Share with Your Kids
Share awesome, fun links with your kids on an Internet Field Trip curated for Parent Co. by Today Box. Today Box curates fun and educational daily facts, videos, photos, and jokes for curious kids ...
Top 5 reading list for parents 4/10-4/17
We won't name names, but just this morning, someone in our office tried to curse us all with NKOTB's admitted smash hit "The Right Stuff". Thankfully, we stumbled across this article on how to clea...