‘The Incredible Adventures of the Awesome and Amazing Margaux’
A new book featuring a deaf and blind poodle with a positive attitude will help you and your kids weather adversity.
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Category: Parenting
Notifications, Gifts, and Kindle Fire: A Cautionary Tale
If your children have Amazon tablets and you’re buying them gifts online, watch out. They could be getting notifications.
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All I Want For Christmas… Is for You to Put Down Your Phone! (Smartphone Etiquette 101)
I know this smartphone etiquette may seem very “get off my lawn,” but trust me, I want you to capture and enjoy your memories. I just want you to recognize that I want the same for me and my family as well.
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Hatchimal Math
Our daughter’s passion for Hatchimal Colleggtibles provides an inroad for lots of math problems.
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Scary Bad Halloween Jokes for the Whole Family
It’s always a good time for a bad joke. Halloween gives us all kinds of monsters and mayhem to play with. We think it is a ghoulishly good time for some ammunition when the neighborhood kids need a little trick with their treat. Enjoy these fun and awful Halloween jokes!
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5 Boo-tiful Tips to Keep Your Kids Safe From Vehicles This Halloween
Halloween is one of the most dangerous times for pedestrians. Here are 5 tips to keep you safe, whether you’re walking or behind the wheel.
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Back-to-School Incentives with LEGO
With school back in session, some parents are looking for new ways to encourage kids to meet new challenges or try new things. Here are some tips for using LEGO incentives appropriate to your needs and budget. Bonus: Review of App-Controlled Batmobile.
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Using a Cellular Apple Watch as Your Kid’s Cell Phone
If you have a need to always be in contact with your child, you aren’t crazy about them carrying around a smartphone just yet, and don’t mind spending a bit of extra money and effort then giving your child just a cellular-enabled Apple Watch is certainly an option you should think about.
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10 Things to Know For Your Family Trip to Aulani – Disney’s Hawaiian Resort
Aulani is Disney’s family-friendly resort on O’ahu, Hawai’i. It’s filled with pools, food, stories, and the kind of high-quality experiences that Disney is famous for all over the world. But if you want to have the best experience, here are a few things you should know.
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Rediscovering Thrift and Sustainability on Facebook Marketplace
Today’s families are rediscovering the idea of thrift, and online, community-based commerce sites like Facebook Marketplace are driving the movement.
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Dad 6.0: Oops, I Kid It Again
Change is the only constant and it’s certainly been an ever-present companion during my journey through parenthood. After a brief stint as a solo parent, I fell in love with the perfect woman and life took an unexpected U-turn. Marrying a guy with five kids apparently wasn’t a big enough challenge so, here we go, baby number six is on the way for the Wickersham family!
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Parting Ways With Your Smart Home
When the Smart Home craze really started taking off a few years ago I was incredibly excited but also quite hesitant to jump in with both feet. Unfortunately I was stuck renting a house (thanks a lot, global financial meltdown) and afraid to make any substantive modifications to someone else’s home. All of that changed four years ago when we finally bought our current house.But what happens when it’s time to move?
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We Need to Stop Losing Immigrant Children and Taking Them From Their Parents
Unaccompanied immigrant children are being lost in the foster care system. The government is pledging to take immigrant children away from their parents. This has to stop.
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‘Mightier’ Teaches Children Emotional Control Through Gaming
Harvard Medical School and Boston’s Children’s hospital are looking to use video games to teach children how to moderate their behavior with Mightier!
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The Littlest Players: Games for You and Your Toddler
Start your toddler’s gaming journey with games designed specifically for the under-three crowd!
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‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood: It’s a Beautiful Day Collection’ Is Filled With Neighbors, Make-Believe, Sweaters, and Goodness
Speedy delivery! Relive the decades of ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’ with this 50th anniversary DVD set.
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LEGO Kits for Your Kids’ Easter Baskets
This year, consider adding a bit less chocolate and a bit more LEGO to your kids’ Easter baskets.
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‘Kidomi:’ Streaming Edutainment for Young Kids
‘Kidomi’, a subscription-based app for kids that delivers an ever-changing lineup of edutainment from major label content producers, launches today on the Google Play Store.
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Snow Day? GeekDad and GeekMom Have You Covered!
Is your family among the millions of people impacted by snow this weekend? GeekDad and GeekMom have a wonderful collection of projects and activities to help families bond during snow days.
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Cosplay Family Spotlight: Larger Than Life Cosplay
Cosplay Family Spotlight is a new recurring segment where I interview and spotlight a cosplay family. This week, I interview Larger Than Life Cosplay.
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Cosplay Family Spotlight: Douglas Family
Cosplay Family Spotlight is a new recurring segment where I interview and spotlight a cosplay family. This week, I interview the Douglas Family.
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‘Dr. Panda AR Christmas Tree’: Your Virtual Advent Calendar
‘Dr. Panda AR Christmas Tree: with AR technology, users can place and decorate their own Christmas trees, unlocking new, free prizes every day as you countdown to Christmas.
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This Is Some of Us
GeekMom Melody on shariing loss, struggle joy and reality as art imitates life on television.
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Cosplay Family Spotlight: Junior Ghost Beaters
Cosplay Family Spotlight is a new recurring segment where I interview and spotlight a cosplay family. This week, I interview Junior Ghost Beaters
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Word Wednesday: “Puberty” – ‘How to Help Your Kids With Growing Up’
If the teenage years feel like a terrifying unknown, DK’s ‘Help Your Kids With Growing Up’ may be the manual you need to calm your nerves and help you raise healthy, independent young adults.
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Cosplay Family Spotlight: Many Faces of Cosplay
Cosplay Family Spotlight is a new recurring segment where I interview and spotlight a cosplay family. This week, I interview Many Faces of Cosplay.
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Parenting Getting to You? This Zombie Survival Guide Is What You Need!
Zombie survival tips for the barely coping parent.
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Girls Will Be Able to Earn Eagle Scout Under Newly Announced Boy Scouts Programs
The Boy Scouts broke with tradition today by announcing new programs that will be available to girls at the Cub Scout and Boy Scout levels. Under the program, girls will be able to earn the Eagle Scout rank.
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4 Tips for Parents Who Travel for Work, With Jason Mewes
Have to travel for work? It can be tough for a parent to leave the family behind. We share four simple tips from experts and from guest Jason Mewes–himself a road warrior–for making the most of your time away and back together again with your family.
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Using a VPN Service for Your Whole Family
A VPN service is not for everybody, but I wanted to at least share what I am doing with my family in case others out there are interested in it as well.
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