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We’re Not Just Kidding: Your Family Could Win a Free Trip to NYC!
Symphony Space’s Just Kidding has paired with SiriusXM Satellite Radio’s Kids Place Live to offer one family a weekend getaway to New York City! A lucky family will receive air transportation from...
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The Atomic Weight of Words
I love to watch my daughter swim.Photo: Laura Fries Among so many other virtues, we all hope that our kids are thoughtful. We want them to absorb the world around them, understand the meaning and...
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Home (Away) Schooling
The notions—and methods—of homeschooling have changed rapidly over the years. One can blame educational gaps on test score tunnel vision and underfunding. However, a good deal of research points to the...
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Cavalia Odysseo
Cavalia, the masterminds behind elaborate big top traveling shows, clearly have ignored W.C. Fields’ famous entertainment advice to “never work with animals or children.” Odysseo, their latest...
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Are we there yet?
“Are we there yet?” Ah, those dreaded four words, launched from the backseat in varying tones of hope and discontent. Especially during the holidays, when family visits can mean extended road trips....
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Time Shift Your TV – Hank Azaria’s ‘Fatherhood’
Actor Hank Azaria, 49, wasn’t sure he wanted to have kids. He began to wonder why anyone would want to have children. “I’m not a children kind of person,” says Azaria, adding, “I didn’t particularly...
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Home Movies
Our home movies, grainy, color faded reels of kids scrambling over each other for camera time, are definitely a thing of the past. With so many apps and new kinds of technology, taping recitals,...
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The World As We Know It
Image via Aly Parrott Crimea and Malaysia are all over the news lately. Can your kids find these places on a map? Can you? Studies show that Americans–young adults in particular–are geographically...
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Home Repair
Image via thenextfamily.com It’s that time of the year for ritual house cleaning, rebuilding and repairing–but this year, don’t forget to repair or re-route the emotional cycles set at home. All...
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Mother’s Day
Image via nerdywithchildren.com Lots of folks will be celebrating Mother’s Day this weekend, or as we call it in our house, Sunday. I am not being pessimistic here, but having the family “cook” a...
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