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Kindness Crate combines crafting and compassion for kids

This summer, I’m looking for fun new ways to engage my kids’ creativity, despite their best efforts to convince me that more Overwatch is the answer. So when I heard Kindness Crate subscription service, my interest was piqued from the name alone. Every other month,...

The Phluid Project is for everyone who has ever thought that “men’s” and “women’s” departments are limiting.

by Liz Gumbinner | Beauty + Cosmetics, Doing Good, Fashion, For the Menfolk

Sometimes our favorite picks come from readers like you. Sometimes they come from friends. Sometimes they even come from our own kids, which is the case with The Phluid Project and I am kicking myself for not having shared it sooner. But now that they’ve hit...

What Does it Mean to Be American? This picture book says it better than any TV pundit or long-winded article.

by Liz Gumbinner | Books for Kids

Kids are smart. And observant. Even our littlest children know that right now, there’s a lot of talk about what it means to be American, who’s a “real” American, and what kinds of values America stand for. And it’s complicated, but that...

Dr. Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream speech in its entirety: Where to watch, and what to talk about with your kids

by Liz Gumbinner | Kids

Today we commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s life and legacy, as we have every year since we started this site. Over the years, we’ve shared plenty of excellent books, videos, resources, and websites to help kids understand the reason for MLK Day. And...

Get outraged about the Puerto Rico response. Then read these ways to help.

by Liz Gumbinner | Doing Good

I have been carefully watching the news out of Puerto Rico for the past week, amplifying news stories and encouraging support. But over the past 24 hours in particular, as I watched San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz’s emotional pleas for help with tears streaming...

Michael Strahan did a beautiful thing for one little boy who was being bullied | Thinking : Parent

by Kate Etue | Doing Good, Thinking : Parent

I’ve been watching an amazing story unfold on my Facebook feed over the last month. And because we love a good heartwarming story, we knew we had to share this story of Michael Strahan’s act of kindness with you all too. It started a month ago, when a...

How to discuss Dr. King’s I Have A Dream Speech – the whole speech – with your kids today, on its anniversary.

by Liz Gumbinner | Books for Kids, Thinking : Parent

Today is the 55th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which mean it’s also the anniversary of his incomparable I Have A Dream speech. We can’t think of a better way to honor the day than to share...

Our new hero: The police officer who breastfed a starving baby herself

by Caroline Siegrist | Thinking : Parent

I know I’m making the understatement of the year when I say that there’s been a lot of difficult news lately. Which is maybe why this viral photo of on-duty police officer Celeste Ayala breastfeeding a starving child at a hospital had me weeping into the...

Why we need libraries: Twitter claps back against a truly stupid op-ed

by Liz Gumbinner | Kids, Thinking : Parent

It was only a week or so ago that I was reading Carolines article about 20 free summer activities for kids, and thinking how wonderful that there were so many mentions of various events at local libraries. And then this morning, I laughed as I stumbled upon a a poorly...

Michelle Obama, Tom Hanks, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Janelle Monae need your help to register new voters.

by Lexi Petronis | Doing Good

In 2014, more than 21 percent of adults who were eligible to vote, didn’t, because they weren’t registered. It’s especially true of young adults 18-30, whose turnout is about 38 percent lower than voters over 60 in midterm election years. Wow. Yet...