If your family, like mine, is facing an August of no summer camp and few ideas for how to entertain your kids, here’s a great suggestion I heard from a...
Summer means trips to the beach, and if you have kids, a trip to the beach means digging in the sand. But just how clean is that sand that your...
Some schools recommend books on a suggested summer reading list while others send kids off in June with a required list of books that must be read by September. But...
This summer, I’m planning on calling up some tween and teen-aged kids I know to come and play with my 8-year-old son. Summer is a great opportunity to pair younger...
Like many parents, I’ve noticed that when my son has a particularly active day running around and playing outside, he tends to zonk out night much more easily. Now there’s...
On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a recommendation stating that all children between the ages of 6 and 18 should be given a flu vaccine...
I just read a review of a movie called Food Inc. I haven’t seen it yet, but word is that it’s scarier than most horror movies (Halloween? Eat your heart...
I love stories like this. Last weekend, a 9-year-old Santa Ana, California boy saved the life of a 2-year-old who nearly drowned in a backyard pool. Apparently, the toddler had...
The massive news coverage of the recent death of Michael Jackson has got me thinking about how many times my son will discover in his life the complexity of human...
Since we will be one of the many families I know who will be enjoying a no-fuss (and let’s be frank -- economical) staycation this summer, I’m already lining up...