Our readers went pretty crazy over the original Blankie Tails mermaid and shark tail blankets for kids (and uh, adult kids), making it the #1 post on our site that entire year. (Hey, you all have good taste!) Since then, this indie, mom-…
What can we say? Creative DIY Father's Day gifts that kids help make are heart-melting. And while we know for a fact that dads love all of the Father's Day gifts that their kids and grandkids pick out for them (and especially the gifts f…
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If you know a dad who is lucky enough to have a man cave, next in our Father’s Day Gift Guid e we've got some man cave gift ideas that can help take his manly oasis to the next level. I think it’s important that a man have his own space …
Every year, I browse the Environmental Working Group's report on the best safe sunscreens for kids and babies . This list measures popular brands against the EWG's standards, including everything from worrisome ingredients to false marke…
I've always felt that creative photo gifts for Father's Day make some of the best gifts of all. Because for busy dads -- and okay, moms -- ordering prints or printing photos tends to get buried on the priority list. If you want to go bey…
As much as we love finding fun, funny, sweet, and sentimental Father's Day gifts for you each year, one thing we really love doing is helping our readers solve problems. Like, gift problems. Like, finding the perfect creative Father's Da…
While we eagerly await the third season of Stranger Things , there are a few things we can do to ease our separation anxiety from the show. We can dress like Dustin . We can bake Christmas lights cupcakes . And now, we can even buy our v…
Today, Star Wars is breaking the nerd internet (of which I am a proud part) with the announcement about Star Wars: Women of the Galaxy . Considering it's authored by Amy Ratcliffe , the managing editor of Nerdist, a StarWars.com contribu…
Yes, it's nearly Father's Day, and we're kicking off our annual Father's Day Gift Guide with some of the very best personalized Father's Day gifts around! We're always so excited to share our favorite gifts for dads, grandpas, stepfather…
During the summer, my kids have a love affair with water balloons — and why not? They're fun, they cool you down, and your whole purpose is to throw and break them. Bingo! The only problem? Post-water balloons, the yard looks like the re…
You have a lot going on this Memorial Day, but let's just go ahead and add something else to your to-do list: Shop the Memorial Day sales . Because, friend, there are a lot of deals you don't want to miss . From kids' clothes and accesso…
Last night, I attended the Friday night sabbath services before my niece's Bat Mitzvah. As the Rabbi asked us to quietly send a prayer or good wishes to anyone hurting or in pain right now, all I could think of was the incredibly difficu…
I've always been a chunky heel kind of girl, even with summer sandals. Yes, even my Tevas have a platform. But I have come to the realization they're just not that practical for me, and well, comfortable, at least over long periods of ti…
Now that my son's vertical, I've been on the hunt for cool, modern growth charts to track his changing height. Because while pencil markings on the doorframe are cool and all, I'm trying use a growth chart and to put off drawing on the w…
This weekend, I had a lovely experience in my local Brooklyn coffee shop, bonding with two complete strangers over our matching RBG t-shirts . It's not all that surprising -- Ruth Bader Ginsburg has become quite the rock star and role mo…
As a fan of the original Feminist Baby board book, I was pretty stoked to see the title character rocking the pink-and-blue-gender-binary boat again with Lauryn Brantz's sequel, Feminist Baby Finds Her Voice . While the first hilarious v…
I've had the best time searching for the coolest mermaid gifts for some of the mermaid obsessed kids in my life. After all, the mermaid trend shows no sign of stopping anytime soon. So this summer we're diving in with head-first with 17 …
I've always said that teaching children about love is the easiest thing in the entire world. So maybe the new picture book, Love Is Love , is more for some of the adults in our lives? Dr. Michael Genhart's sweet and moving story, illustr…
As delightful as it is to visit Target and buy fun stuff like clothes and toys , there are the times when you have to go for not-as-fun stuff like laundry detergent, paper towels, vitamins, and bandages. These are the times that try pare…
As I wrote on Facebook , there was something so restorative this morning, watching the Royal Wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle -- now the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. It was all about love, inclusion, diversity , a brilliant …
The whole world has gone Royal wedding crazy and I can't say I entirely blame them. Unless of course, they're snapping up royal wedding souvenirs so fast they didn't catch that this Royal wedding commemorative plate actually features Meg…
We've always talked about conscientious consumerism around here -- buy fewer things, but love all of them -- and wearing fashion from companies we feel amazing about supporting. The newest addition to our closets: CHNGE, a hip new street…
I've been so glad to see more books about self-care for moms , especially since there are so many books on how to care for babies that leave us out of the equation, more or less. Strong as a Mother: How to Stay Healthy, Happy, and (Most …
