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...
Learn about "The Olympians" by George O' Connor
The best way to introduce your kids to the Greek Pantheon is via the New York Times bestselling "The Olympians" by George O' Connor.
Cartoonist George O'Connor: Bringing History to Life through Comics
George O’ Connor is a New York Times bestselling author of several children’s books, including Kapow, Sally and the Some-Thing, and Uncle Bigfoot. His first graphic novel, Journey Into Mohawk Count...
My recipe for (temporarily) bringing everything into balance
Food is my speciality. Im happy to delude myself into thinking that making something like meatballs will bring everything into balance.
The best apps for family nature exploration, fun and learning
These super handy apps can make anyone an adventurer. They also make a decent case for swapping Angry Birds for the real thing. Like geese. (Although, geese are always angry.)
For kids and grownups, savoring a daily dose of nature
Being in nature is therapeutic on so many levels. In a forest of 100,000 trees, every tree is different. Yet in the natural world, the trees belong, as do the rocks, plants, raccoons, birds, and in...
Parent educator Vicki Hoefle: Don't get trapped in the perfect parenting myth
The thing I want parents to understand is this: you are doing the best you can with the information you have. There's no room for judgement or criticism. You have made the best use of the informati...
My aha moment as a mother came when I realized that parenting wasnt about what happened when my kids were between the ages of 0 and 18 - it was about what happened for my kids between the ages o...
Crafting is one of the joys of parenting. This is something the internet tells us.
Prepare to get inspired by the charming and sometimes even stunningly beautiful DIY craft projects we created for this post.
Tiny Homes for families - from Dwell
This Dwell article highlights some cool "Tiny Homes" for families (usually with one child). The photo above is of a 607 square foot home in Manhattan. That's a bit smaller than the average 818 sf h...
Daize Goodwin: Around the world twice with family all the way
Professional surfer Daize Goodwin and her husband Aamion traveled around the world (twice!) with their two kids. Read our conversation about their epic 18-month family odyssey.
Our Push for 'Passion,' and Why It Harms Kids - NYTimes.com
"By the time a child rounds the corner into high school and certainly before he sets up an account with the Common App, the conventional wisdom is that he needs to have a passion that is deep, easy...
11 ways allowance helps your kid understand money
There’s little argument at this point that handling money as a child will prepare you for handling money as a young adult and eventually, as an adult. Great. But what exactly (as in literally) do t...
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 ...