The Swear Word You Say
We hear it all the time. We probably say it all the time. I swear (hah!) it’s the curse of our era.
Continue ReadingWe hear it all the time. We probably say it all the time. I swear (hah!) it’s the curse of our era.
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Continue ReadingReal cowgirls have never been movie stereotypes, more like role models. These women defied convention by training horses, riding, doing hard physical labor, and constantly proving themselves capable well before women commonly wore pants. Or had the right to vote.
Continue ReadingIt didn’t take my son long to get as geeked out about cooking as he is about his other interests. He’s experimenting and learning in all sorts of culinary directions.
Continue ReadingDevelop some music sophistication in your family with the masterful double CD set Nightlight Daylight.
Continue ReadingWhen you can’t reconcile your healthy eating habits with handing out Halloween junk, here are some alternatives.
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Continue ReadingBudget Bytes recipes emphasize healthy, low cost, reasonably quick recipes. And they’re delicious!
Continue ReadingThese little creatures require very little in the way of new materials other than stuffing and socks, but they’re big on personality.
Continue ReadingMix up burp juice, fence with cardboard tubes, make zucchini gummy fruit, go backyard camping, and much more.
Continue ReadingVisit a shopping mall as if it were a post-apocalyptic artifact. Kiss a statues, Use a dream symbolism book to interpret a heritage site. Try these and other Counter-Tourism tactics.
Continue ReadingWe’re fighting a hardwired tendency. Our brains pay more attention to the negative than the positive.
Continue ReadingAllow ripped pants to live again with a silly and quick to apply patch.
Continue ReadingTechnology may intersect with, even intrude upon the way we humans form connections to one another.
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Continue ReadingHow to raise math geeks? It’s about play.
Continue ReadingA Litter-Robot handles the dirty work around here.
Continue ReadingEasy ways to slide into the habit of drawing.
Continue ReadingLet kids harvest bright yellow dandelion flowers for a unusual spring treat.
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Continue ReadingMinistry of Supply has reinvented men’s clothes. Think dress shirts made from NASA heat-regulating material and socks infused with odor-absorbing carbonized coffee. Style as well as tech cred for guys on the move.
Continue ReadingAre your “bee-friendly” plants actually harmful to pollinators? Find out how this is happening, plus 7 choices you can make to help out honeybees.
Continue ReadingCelebrate National Poetry Month with our poetry-infused movie suggestions.
Continue ReadingGeekMom Laura happened upon the solution to that pesky moldy smell present in many front-loading washers.
Continue ReadingMath is an enticing adventure of discovery-based play. Find out how to start out that way and keep it that way via open-sourced ideas.
Continue ReadingRap, sing, or recite Poe’s “The Raven” to win cash prizes. You have until March 20th to submit youth and adult entries.
Continue ReadingFor the price of a latte, you can name a crater on Mars.
Continue ReadingBecome a whistleblower, save endangered wildlife and their habitat, all thanks to the secure platform offered by WildLeaks.org.
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