My son, Sam, recently had a birthday, and inevitably, he received two of the same gift. We went to our local toy store -- a friendly-neighborhood place that doesn’t require ... Read More

As any parent with a school-age child knows, the classroom can sometimes be a breeding ground for infectious illnesses. Kids spend a lot of time together in close quarters, and ... Read More

Do you ever wonder if modern convenience has actually delayed some kid-development milestones like tying shoes and telling time? My second-grader has only just started figuring out how to tell ... Read More

Many schools in the U.S. and around the world have been talking about Earth Day for weeks now. When I think about how little attention was paid to the issue ... Read More

Remember how exciting it was to receive a piece of mail addressed to you when you were a kid? I gave my son a subscription to National Geographic for Kids ... Read More

We went to an Easter party last weekend where the kids, who ranged in age from preschool to early-grade-school, watched an old movie called Goonies while the parents cooked. (If ... Read More

Even if you try to limit violent TV programs and movies as I do, it is next to impossible to block it all out. Just this weekend we passed no ... Read More

The next time you’re about to stick a juice box into your child’s lunch or let him have some juice with dinner, you may want to consider giving him some ... Read More

If you can’t remember the last time you didn’t have someone asking you for a snack, didn’t have to worry about what’s for dinner -- didn’t actually have to do ... Read More

A new survey by TripAdvisor, the consumer-generated travel guide website, has found that 79 percent of people in the U.K. think there should be a section on planes that is ... Read More

In January of last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a new guideline recommending that children aged 2 and under no longer be given cold and cough ... Read More