What are the kids into these days? When I was in high school, I seemed to ride the transition from the grunge era into the emo era. Bands were idolized, and they influenced everyone and everything (at least in my circle). Everyone wanted to learn an instrument or start a band. If they weren’t musically inclined, they wanted to participate in through attendance, promotion or produ…

9 Great Nintendo Switch Games for Little Kids (That Don’t Star Mario) Before Barbie tiptoed her way into theaters, 2023’s number one movie was an animated kid’s flick based on a video game about a plumber taking mushrooms, a primate with daddy issues, and a giant fire-breathing turtle crooning about peaches. Read more…

Rebalance savings vs retirement with two kids? Increased costs are throwing me off I live in the US and we had our second kid this year. My first entered pre-school and thanks to HCOL area her 3 day a week preschool is $6000/year. My youngest needs special formula (seriously I’m not some new age crackpot) that is around $400-500/month. Overall just costs that I hadn’t fully planned for but we can certainly absorb. I’ve been p…

The Kindle Scribe and latest Kindle Kids have both fallen to an all-time low Amazon’s big-screen Kindle Scribe still isn’t perfect, but it’s certainly better than it was when it first launched. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeWe’re now less than a week out from Amazon’s October Prime Day and, as expected, Amazon has already started to drop discounts on Echo speakers, Fire tablets, and other items ahead of th…

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How to get kids funds? I was awarded $1.5 million in a settlement. I am in the process of setting up a trust and naming my two adult kids as beneficiaries. Other than my now health issues related to the settlement, I am in good condition, financially secure even without these funds. My kids work pretty hard. One has a bit of student debt from post graduate studies. Th…

These Are the Signs of Poor Interoception in Kids Interoception is the ability to recognize internal bodily signals, such as feeling hot or cold, hungry or thirsty. In the same way that the nerves in our muscles and joints will send signals to our brain, letting it know where we are in physical space, the nerves in our organs will also send signals about how full our… Read more…

Travelling Internationally with little kids My family and I are experienced travelers:. My oldest (13) has been to 14 countries already. That said, we were blessed with twins 6 years ago, and we’re taking them to Europe for the first time this fall. We didn’t take our oldest internationally until she was 8 and even that felt a bit young but here we go. Thanks to COVID the littles have spe…

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Samsung’s new ploy to get kids off iPhones is a MrBeast sponsorship Earlier this year, investment bank Piper Sandler published results from an annual survey showing that 87 percent of teens own an iPhone, leaving precious little market for Android device makers to carve up. But Samsung has a new plan to break the kids of their Apple addiction: Get YouTuber and restauranteur Jimmie Donaldson, aka MrBeast, to make…

Where to stay in Cape Town with small kids for short-term work? To those who have spent much time in Cape Town! I’m looking for the best neighborhood where my partner can have easy and stress-free days with two smaller kids (3 and 6) while I’m at work. The details: I will have to go to UCT/Rondebosch several days per week. I’m fine if takes 30-45 minutes to get there, but it shouldn’t be much more. My girl…

Basic question about protecting my kids I’m divorced. 3 kids. If something happens to me Everything but a small amount that goes to my one niece goes to my kids. When I got divorced I had to change how things were set up since I wouldn’t trust my ex wife. The quickest and easiest thing I did was to put by sister as my 100% beneficiary. She knows what to do and to give my kids the mone…

Play Makeup For Kids? I’m very into makeup myself, but fairly amateur. I’m interested on opinions from this from the experts! My daughter is turning 7 and asked for makeup for her birthday. We got her some cheap and cheerful colourful bits; a Beauty Bay pastel eyeshadow pallet, 3 bright lipsticks, an eyeliner and a blush. Then some cheap brushes to have fun with. We …

Timed Tests Are Biased Against Your Kids Exams that test speed favor the fastest sprinters, but life is a marathon.

Europe with young kids – seeking advice Wife and I are itching to do some more international travel and feel like our youngest is finally to the age where she would be mananagable. We are looking at June of next year for 2ish weeks (kids will be 4 & 10) and I am just looking for recommendations. We have only been to Europe once (Italy/Greece pre-kids) and are really open to anything….

The Best Ways to Protect Your Kids From Online Scams Many resources exist to help educate adults on protecting themselves from online scams, identity theft, and other nefarious schemes. They also help safeguard the under-18 set—but as any parent of a teenager will tell you, kids tend to think they know everything, which means they might not be protecting themselves. Read more…

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Ban Online Porn for Kids A Supreme Court ruling from the early days of the internet is woefully out of date.

The family I nanny for want to take me on their ski trip to look after the kids? Should I go. So I first started babysitting for this family with four kids about a year ago. The lady started singing praises about me and I was constantly working for them. Then her sister-in-law with 2 kids was in search for a nanny/ babysitting while dealing with another nanny (who hasn’t shown up for work). Yesterday she brought up that they were all pla…