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Fluoride in Drinking Water Could Boost Test Scores, New Study Finds
Photo by tinoni on Deposit Photos For decades, fluoridated drinking water has been considered one of the most effective public-health interventions in the United States. Yet the practice has come...
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Avoid AI Toys As Gifts This Holiday, For These Disturbing Reasons
Photo by ArturVerkhovetskiy on Deposit Photos Generative artificial intelligence programs (and yes, they’re not really AI, they’re closer to your phone’s predictive text feature) have really boomed...
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This Mom’s Blanket ‘No’ To Holiday School Volunteering Has The Internet...
Photo Credit: heyempoweredmama / TikTok In a recent TikTok video, creator @heyempoweredmama explains why she’s drawing a firm boundary around school-related holiday obligations this year. In her...
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PBS KIDS Holiday Specials: What’s Available Now & Coming Soon
Photo Credit: PBS Kids The holiday season is officially here, and PBS KIDS is celebrating with a full lineup of festive specials, winter-themed episodes, and beloved classics that families look...
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A Dangerous Precedent? DNA Companies Invite Parents To Select Embryo By Traits
Photo by Milkos on Deposit Photos Your baby is perfect. If you could go back in time, to before your little one was born, and choose between your baby and some other hypothetical infant, you’d choose...
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Surviving (And Enjoying) The Holidays With Neurodiverse Family Needs
Photo by Kryzhov on Deposit Photos When you have a family with neurodiverse individuals and needs, especially when it involves kids, there’s a lot more to consider at the holidays (like every other...
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How Counterfeit Products Can Steal Your Family’s Christmas
Photo by yanlev on Deposit Photos LaBuBu dolls are expensive. So are Lego sets, gaming gear and other electronics, luxury purses, nice shoes, and many of the other things our kids are asking for this...
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Holiday Crafts For Kids: A Crafty Dad’s Favorites From Around The Web
Photo by chasingmoments on Deposit Photos Making things and the Holidays have always gone hand in hand. From my elementary school days of making salt dough ornaments to my most recent endeavor (a...
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Angelbliss Baby Bassinet Bedside Crib Recalled Over Entrapment and...
Photo Credit: ANGELBLISS Health Canada has issued an important safety alert for parents and caregivers after determining that the Angelbliss Baby Bassinet Bedside Crib, previously sold on Amazon.ca,...
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Outdoor Master Children’s And Youth Helmets Recalled For Risk of Serious Head...
Photo Credit: Outdoor Master Outdoor Master children’s and youth helmets have been recalled nationwide after federal testing found that the products fail to meet the mandatory bicycle helmet safety...
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What Parents Should Know About Taking Infants To A Chiropractor
Photo by RainerPlendl on Deposit Photos Have you ever been to a chiropractor? Would you consider taking your child to one? What’s the youngest age you’d consider appropriate for a visit to a...
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23 Charming Book-To-Screen Shorts That Teach Kids Big Lessons
When you’re raising four kids with dramatically different personalities and attention spans, you quickly learn that not all screen time is created equal. Some shows calm the room instantly. Some spark...
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The Best Christmas Movies For All Ages According To My Kids
As a father of four, including three daughters ages 3, 8, and 13, and an 11-year-old son, Christmas in our house is a full-season celebration. We put up multiple trees, spend weekends at...
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Movies About Mice That My Kids Love And Why They’re Awesome
Kids latch onto oddly specific themes, and for many children, mouse movies have become a comfort genre of their own. Maybe it’s the small-but-mighty storytelling, perhaps it’s the way these movies mix...
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Sesame Street’s Beignet Blanc Clip Delivers A Clever Knives Out Nod For Parents
Photo Credit: Netflix and Sesame Street There is one constant in children’s entertainment that has stuck with me throughout raising four children: I love a clever Sesame Street crossover. This week,...
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Preteen Smartphone Ownership Associated With Health Risks In New Study
Photo by oksixx on Deposit Photos Sometimes it seems like parenting is just a never-ending string of decisions, and the more technology advances, the more those decisions center on screens. Our...
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Keeping Secrets Can Make Gift-Giving Hard, Millennial Parents Say
Photo by impactphotography on Deposit Photos A couple of weeks ago, my five-year-old and I were in Aldi. She goes pretty much everywhere with me. She spotted a display of Little People toys, and once...
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51 Short Christmas Movies For Kids That My Four Children Love
Christmas has always been the season that brings out the best version of our family. With four kids spanning every major age range, including a toddler, an early-elementary kid, a tween, and a full...
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Glasses That Slow Your Child’s Myopia Progression Are Now Available Following...
Photo by Goodluz on Deposit Photos Parents who are already buying glasses to correct their child’s myopia are already familiar with the pattern of appointments, rechecks to determine whether vision...
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20 Colleges That Offer Esports Scholarships In The United States
Photo by IgorVetushko on Deposit Photos Growing up in the eighties and nineties, our parents always told us we would never make a living from video games. Boy, how times have changed. Now, gaming is...
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