Illustrated Kid Quote 2: "Hold this acorn"
"Hold this acorn. It not gonna jump out of your hand, wight? Because acorns aren't frogs." - A quote on Notabli from Josie, illustrated by Jory Raphael Twice a week, one of the talented design...
Ode to Green Slime And A Brand New Word You'll Want To Use
We appreciate the nostalgia of this piece alone, but finally having a word for all the junk our kids love but we can't stand (Ket!) is our favorite thing we learned today. Ode to Green Slime - ...
Child psychologist suggests rewarding children does not help long term learning
"In reality, all the research we have done on motivation shows that as soon as you offer kids a reward to do something, their attention is taken away from what they are doing and put onto the rewar...
5 Bad American Habits I Kicked in Finland
I'll always take coffee to go! 5 Bad American Habits I Kicked in Finland
Going to have to get this book. "The Sweet Spot" at home and work
Simple tactics that have been scientifically to bring more ease into life. Looking to Find Your Sweet Spot at Home and Work? - NYTimes.com
Parenting Courses I'd Actually Sign Up For
When I was halfway through my first pregnancy, my midwife gave me a list of suggested birthing classes. I had done some research on different methods of getting people out of your body, and decided...
5 Awesome Questions to Have Your Kids Ask You (Part One)
Recently I stood at the counter of an amazing bakery attempting to make the most important decision of my birthday. Each pristine glass case was filled with perfectly piped cakes made of lady finge...
Check it out: Barber will give your misbehaving kids an old-man haircut free of charge.
Another gem from McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Parenting Ideologies I Use With My Spouse That Justify My Laziness/Terrible Efficacy as a Parent..
In the hands of a child, a smartphone with a few choice apps is a powerful tool for exploration, understanding and discovery. Our 6-year old uses the following five apps dedicated to real-world exp...
Winter: Sometimes It's Just Not Worth It
Today is that sort of cold that makes you wonder if we're really supposed to be living on the planet. I'm fairly certain I heard the mailman muttering something about "not signing up for this crap"...
The year 2000 still seems futuristic to me. To my 6-year old, it's ancient history. When she views photos of her mom or I taken in the 90's, 80's or 70's, it's like she's witnessing a former age. I...
Songs About Birds, Because Harper Lee is Awesome
In the mid-1950s, Harper Lee wrote Go Set a Watchman. Never heard of it? Neither had anyone else, really, before today. Set in the 1950s, in the fictional Southern town of Maycomb, Scout returns fr...
Big Ups: It’s always somebody’s turn to be the bigger person
It’s always somebody’s turn to be the bigger person On our way home from a spectacularly great weekend, one without the kids that included a three-hour couples spa treatment, my husband and I got i...
"You can’t do it yet. Let’s keep practicing. You will."
There’s an epidemic in our country. Parents and teachers drop “S” bombs right and left in front of children. The time has come to put a stop to the “S” word – Smart. Stanford psychology professor ...
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 ...
A maxi-pad commercial in the Super Bowl last night made me tear up. You may have already seen the Always commercial from last summer called "Like a Girl" where men and women of all ages talk about...
Who's Your TV Parent Spirit Animal?
It's possible that there are currently half as many children in the world as there are words written about raising them. With so much information being thrown at us, it's easy to get overwhelmed. S...
6 Tips for Capturing Childhood With Your iPhone
At last count, my iPhone contained 8,755 photos. If I ever used Siri, I assume she'd insist, speech slurred, that I whittle that down to give her room to breathe before she could provide me with ...
The Life-changing Magic of Tidying Up, Week 2: Books
Less Clutter, More Joy We’re a family of book lovers and book hoarders. My daughter never wanted a blanket or stuffed animal in her crib as a baby. She wanted me to line the inside of her crib wit...
Shoutout to 1980's TV Sitcom Parents
All my social media feeds are full of chatter about the final episode of the TV show Parenthood. My partner loves Parenthood. I think it’s sentimental and borderline corny. Yet I watch it with her...
Do you remember that stand-up set by Tig Notaro that lit the Twitter on fire in August 2012 and launched a little-known comic into the stratosphere? It was the one that Louis C.K. then made availab...
The importance of teaching financial literacy to children cannot be overstated. Over at Good Men Project, Zechariah Newman wrote a revealing, useful post about kids and money. I agree with each of ...
The Future Belongs to the Brave
Today is NASA National Remembrance Day. We celebrate the lives of all the men and women who died for the sake of space exploration. It was 29 years ago today the Challenger space shuttle exploded, ...