With school officially out, there’s nothing like an amusement park that says “SUMMER!” And while many parks offer a few things for the younger kids, many of them are geared to the older set.
That is except Sesame Place, a fun-packed park filled with both wet and dry activities, parades, and all your favorite Sesame Street [...]

We parents hear a great deal about the environment, and many of us make personal lifestyle changes inspired by conservation. Naturally, our children share our interest - “My girls, like many other children today, are very interested in saving energy and keeping the earth clean” - and that common fascination is what makes the [...]

“You’ve heard of the Texas-sized island of trash swirling in the Pacific? I’m sure there’s at least a Delaware-sized dump of single socks, lost mittens, sunglasses and tiny baby barrettes out there somewhere too.”
Barrettes and clips are a nearly inevitable part of parenting a little girl. Unless you resort to a pixie cut - and [...]

You may think your kids (and you too) hate bugs, but the Venus Fly Trap and Bug Net Launcher from the Discovery Channel Store are bound and determined to prove you wrong. And if your kids already dig bugs and you’ve got a steady stream of buzzing insects in your backyard, then those little [...]

“School is out next week, which means my boys will be home all day with nothing to do, because there is nothing fun to do here, despite bookshelves crammed with reading-level-appropriate books and bins full of toys that they once insisted they had to have, and an entire backyard to play in, plus the school [...]

I don’t know a single mother who doesn’t bristle even the slightest bit when someone beams at her daughter and comments, “What a handsome young man!” Even mothers who’d sooner put lipstick on a toddler than dress their daughters in pink ruffles find ways to identify their little girls as…well, little girls. We [...]

Browse the game aisle at any big-box toy store, and you’ll find plenty of options, even for the youngest players. But most of those games are based on licensed characters, include plastic or flimsy cardboard parts, and they bore grown-ups to tears.
The Bamboo Collection games from the Discovery Channel Store - Rapido and Rapelli [...]

Not surprisingly, based on the feedback thus far, the Bug Net Launcher and Venus Fly Trap from the Discovery Channel Store have been phenomenal hits with our bloggers’ kids.
In part, these toys are cool simply because they’re from the Discovery Channel Store: “I adore the Discovery Store folks. I mean, they have the coolest stuff [...]

With the price of gas topping $4 per gallon, our kids are getting an earful about the cost of energy. They might know about hybrid cars and solar-powered calculators. But how much do they really know about alternative energy sources?
Two new toys from the Discovery Channel Store provide older kids with a hands-on [...]

Little girls and hair clips go together like peanut butter and jelly. While it’s fun to shop for darling bows adorned with dainty crystals, it’s annoying to realize that a prized hair accessory has slipped out of those wispy curls, never to be seen again. Or worse, to find that your little girl [...]