TIA Girl Club for Tweens: A monthly subscription of role models
While I can’t pick my daughters’ friends for them, I do try to help my girls grow up with smart, healthy, and interesting women as role models. You know, not the ones whose biggest life advice has to do with how to take a great selfie. So, I’m really...
Feelings, nothing more than feelings: Inside Out now available on DVD and digital download
If you missed Disney Pixar’s Inside Out when it came to the theaters, perhaps you thought that getting kids to watch an animated movie about “feelings” would be about as exciting to them as one of those hour-long health movies that they have to watch...
Fids and Kamily names the best kids and family albums of 2015
If you want to know about the best of the best in music for kids and families, you have got to check out Fids and Kamily, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary. This annual poll is voted on by publishers like us who cover the best kids’ music, as well as...
5 fun, easy ways to celebrate 10-21-2015, or Back to the Future Day. Whoa, the future really is now.
Though there have been many incorrect memes circulating on social media over the years, today, October 21, 2015, is the actual day that Doc Brown, Marty McFly, and Jennifer first left their cushy 1989 lives to travel “to the future” in Back to the Future...
Sponsored Message from Hulu: 4 hot series to catch up on after the kids are in bed
This post is brought to you by Hulu Welcome back to fall, parents! If you’re like us, this is the time of year you start diving back into the series you missed over the summer — and realize just how many you’ve always meant to start watching but...
If you want the newest kids’ music from The Pop Ups and Lisa Loeb, there’s only one place you can get them: Amazon
If you want to get your hands–and ears–on the two new albums from CMP favorites The Pop Ups and 90’s pop icon Lisa Loeb, there’s only one place you’ll find them: Amazon. That’s right, Amazon is showing its support for kids’...
Peanutize yourself! Then be best friends with Lucy and Snoopy like you always wanted to.
Yes, it’s to promote a movie, but that’s never stopped us from playing with something totally fun online, like the new Get Peanutized website, in which you can turn yourself into a Peanuts character. You know you want to. Hop online and in seconds...
Documentaries to watch with kids about other kids: 6 entertaining and thought-provoking films we love
Here’s an idea: The next time your kids ask (politely, of course) to watch their favorite movie — as in, the animated feature or superhero flick they’ve seen a million times — why not suggest a documentary instead? Now before you roll your eyes...
This is kids’ music? 6 new family albums that may surprise even the pickiest adult listeners
I know there are parents who say they don’t like kids’ music and don’t understand why kids can’t just listen to whatever the adults are listening to, perhaps just quickly turning down the volume on their own playlists when the lyrics get a bit...
Maya Rudolph, Lisa Loeb and Chris Ballew join the must-listen musical magic that is Simpatico. Also? Men at Work. Really.
What happens when you mix the gorgeous voice of kindie favorite Renee Stahl of Renee & Jeremy with a motley vocal crew that includes Maya Rudolph, Molly Shannon, Caspar Babypants, Lisa Loeb, and guest appearances from the lead singers of Men at Work and Toad the...
Fantastic tween books made into movies: 8 adventure-packed stories to help get older kids reading more.
We have no shortage of movie nights in the summer, but I would love to get my kids to crack open their books more often when school isn’t in session. And I think I’ve found a way to encourage them to read more while still keeping movie night on the...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz!
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