by Caroline Siegrist | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing
With winter around the corner, I know so many of us are in full prep mode. Or at least as close to full prep mode as we can be while also managing work, online school, and preventing a household COVID outbreak. Oof. So I’ve tried to take some of the leg work out...
by Christina Refford | DIY, Doing Good
It’s encouraging to see how many parents have asked us for voting activities for elementary students or any kids too young to vote this year. With the election just a few weeks away, our kids have surely heard us talking about different candidates, issues, and...
by Caroline Siegrist | DIY, Kids
I imagine that searching for Halloween costumes using face masks is going to be a thing this year — and I don’t mean your typical Halloween masks that cover your whole face. You know how no kid wants their long-planned costume ruined by a heavy winter...
by Liz Gumbinner | Kids, Tips + Tricks
My kids’ eyes flew wide open when they stepped into the living room last night and caught some of the fiasco (or you know, Dana Bash’s more colorful term) that passed for a presidential debate. This morning, our team discussed that while we’re...
by Liz Gumbinner | DIY, Doing Good
Well. This certainly has been an interesting start to Anti-Bullying Month. After four years of strife, anger, division, hatred, bullying…I can safely say that parents are tired. I know I’m tired of apologizing to my kids that they have to grow up seeing...
by Kate Etue | Fashion, Doing Good, Kid Style
You may have seen the news this week about the new labels in Patagonia shorts. Just four words appear on the underside of the labels: Vote the a**holes out. This isn’t just cheeky resistance; Patagonia is a company that’s always stood up for the...
by Liz Gumbinner | Books for Kids, Doing Good, Kids
This morning I woke up to the study that’s making the rounds on Twitter: Nearly 2/3 of US young adults are unaware that 6 million Jews died in the Holocaust — some get the numbers wrong, some didn’t know at all. Dig deeper into the survey results...
by Christina Refford | Fashion, Doing Good
If the continued interest over Michelle Obama’s lovely “Vote” necklace from last month’s speech at the Democratic National Convention was any indication, many of us are also eager to promote our voting rights loud and proud, this critically...
by Kate Etue | Back to School Shopping, Health, Fitness + Wellbeing, Tips + Tricks
The past few weeks, my Instagram feed is full of my friends’ adorable kids in their back-to-school outfits… complete with fresh, new face masks.I’m so proud of these kids for being responsible about in-person schooling, and for parents for insisting...
by Kate Etue | Books for Kids, Entertainment + Media
This year, even though we haven’t been able to go to actual movie theaters, we’re still seeing plenty of great movies from home. Yay for film companies adapting! And yay for me spending less than $50 to get everyone popcorn! If you’re big on reading...
