Photo: naydeeyah, Flickr I mentioned it last year, and now that it’s summertime 2010, I’ll say it again: Free movies. So, call around, or Google your city, and find out whether or not theaters in your area are sponsoring a free movie festival over the out-of-school months. Our theater is showing Hotel for Dogs, Cloudy [...]

Photo: sovgunga, Flickr On Fridays, we list the links we love and point to the hot topics at our favorite sites. Ah, the binkie. Is your babe — or big kid — having a hard time giving it up? Or maybe your kids do OK with quitting things — like ballet class, the basketball team, [...]

Photo: D Sharon Pruitt, Flickr Chances are, your kids are out of school for the summer, and it’s that time — once again! — to keep them busy. And while playtime is certainly lots of fun, it’s nice to keep those young minds engaged, too, isn’t it? That’s why, in our house, we’re instituting a [...]

Photo: kaatjevervoort, Flickr On Fridays, we list the links we love and point to the hot topics at our favorite sites. Would you consider changing your baby’s name if it didn’t turn out to be all you wanted? The Name Lady over at ParentDish discusses this iffy situation. Get this: Housework might up the chances [...]

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Photo: apdk, Flickr Our public school district just approved a school uniform policy for K-12. And I happen to like it. Now, I know I have boys, and so there’s no urge to dress a cute little girl in cute little clothes, so it may be harder for others to wrap their heads around this [...]

Photo: fwooper, Flickr On Fridays, we list the links we love and point to the hot topics at our favorite sites. Need some games to keep your kids busy this summer? ParentDish has the how-to on Bingo, Go Fish and Hot Potato to get you started. Or maybe you just need some outdoor toys to [...]