How to support the first Off-Broadway musical about children with disabilities.
The conversation around disabilities can be tricky with young children, so I was happy to learn about the Addy & Uno Off-Broadway show that’s educating kids about diversity and inclusivity in the most fun way: with music and puppets. And I was even more...
Why Little Guides to Great Lives is the next cool biography series to buy your kids
I’m nearly finished reading Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls to my kids at bedtime, and they’ve become so fascinated by these biographies that I’ve been trying to find even more more for them to read when we’re done. So when I received a copy...
Raising teens and tweens? We’ve got 7 simple ways to connect, using the time you already have together.
As my daughter edges closer to 14 with high school starting this fall, it’s admittedly become more challenging for me to stay connected to her. Don’t get me wrong — she’s lovely — but she’d much rather spend her time locked in her...
This Disney/Pixar bracket is the only March Madness we may win
Forget March Madness — we found a bracket for every family to invest some time in. It’s the Disney/Pixar bracket. And it’s a lot harder than you might think. Related: 9 fantastic girl-power movies for kids, streaming right now Twitter user...
Where to get the new Mister Rogers stamps. Also, yay!
If you want a simple, easy way to end your week on a high note, it has to be the fact that the much-awaited Mister Rogers USPS stamps are finally here! Featuring our favorite TV neighbor, we can’t think of a better person to honor than this wonderful, wonderful...
7 diverse family music albums that could teach the world to sing in perfect harmony. Or at least your family.
Exposing our children to multicultural music, art and culture is a simple way to help raise globally minded, compassionate, and empathetic adults. Just as in children’s literature, family music artists — or kindie groups, as they’ve been called — are...
Where to find the stunning new A Wrinkle in Time board game. Wow.
Are your kids as obsessed with Madeline L’Engle and Meg and Charles Wallace and tesseracts (and Oprah!) as ours are right now? If so, you may want to pre-order A Wrinkle in Time: A Daring Adventure game. Liz spotted USAopoly’s beautiful new board game at...
Free A Wrinkle In Time coloring pages + activity sheets let kids make their own magic.
Disney has just released a lovely series of free A Wrinkle In Time coloring pages, perfect for those kids who are counting the days until A Wrinkle In Time hits theaters — or counting the days until they can see it a second or third time, as the case may be...
Moms of color share the importance of Black Panther and it’s amazing.
When I left our sold-out Black Panther theater on opening night, I wanted to run out and start shouting on the street, SEE THIS MOVIE NOW! In brief: It was just spectacular: The casting is stellar, the special effects are killer, the production design and costumes are...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz!
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