Keep your tots out of the hot seat
The recently revised car seat recommendation to keep toddlers in rear-facing car seats until age 2 (or until they reach the maximum height and weight for their seat) has been...
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Sweet solutions that take the cake
Jazzing up a special cake — for Valentine's Day or any special occasion — doesn't have to involve pastry bags and five colors of buttercream. Many new cookbooks have been...
Little Passports takes kids around the world
Global citizenship takes a spin in the fun zone with Little Passports, a monthly subscription program that is designed to introduce children ages 5 to 10 to countries around the...
Creating a menagerie of puppet pals
Easy crafts for children can often be misleading; sometimes "easy" assumes a certain level of skill, and other times it's so dumbed-down that the results are disappointing. Which is why...
No pingpong table? No problem. (Your serve.)
The urge to play a friendly game of pingpong with a friend is often quashed when you realize that you both lack a pingpong table. The game just isn't as...
Taking a bite out of gingerbread dogma
Do the gingerbread boy and girl always have to be decked out for the holidays? For that matter, why do they always have to be a boy and girl? What...
A little government help to stopping bullies
Schools, colleges and universities across the country recently received a letter from the Department of Education to support educators in combating bullying, particularly as it applies to discrimination issues. There...
Author debunks myths about bird feeding
Bird lovers occasionally run across advice that it's a bad idea to feed birds. On behalf of his feathered friends, and the folks who love to feed them, Bill Thompson...
Moving ways to inspire active children
In the midst of a school year, it's hard to help kids find time for fitness. Come to think of it, it's hard for grown-ups to find the time too....
Learning to step away from technology
Do you spend more time interacting with your BlackBerry and e-mail than with the living, breathing people in your life? It's time to start hitting an internal pause button on...