If you’ve spent any time at all reading parenting blogs lately, you’ve no doubt heard about The Savvy Source and their new Being Savvy city editors. From Boston to Berkeley (and a few dozen cities in between, with more coming soon), local moms and dads post daily about the ins and outs of their [...]

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 [...]

Snuggling up on the sofa to share a beloved story or poem with a child is one of the most rewarding aspects of caregiving. The bloggers who’ve reviewed Ladybug and Babybug magazine are parents who know the power of the written word and strive to nurture their children’s love for reading. So far, our bloggers have expressed great delight over both publications by [...]

“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 [...]

If you want to open the doors of opportunity for a child? Nurture a life-long love for reading. Early childhood research shows that youngsters (and yes, that includes babies) vastly benefit from someone reading to them a mere 15 minutes a day.  Reading is great “brain food” — for everyone!
One way to encourage an interest in reading [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Ask any parent: We’d much rather play a rousing game with our kids than crash toy cars together (where we inevitably retrieve them from under the sofa) or re-enact fairy tales (where we inevitably play the role of Prince Charming). But as one mother put it, “The games that jump out at me are [...]

There’s something so refreshing about reading Mama Rock’s Rules,” starts off one of our bloggers.  “And I read a lot of parenting books.”
So far, 10 parent bloggers have reviewed Mama Rock’s Rules: Ten lessons for raising a houseful of successful children. The overwhelming consensus? Definitely worth the read!
Bloggers appreciated Mama Rock’s approach. “Many of her [...]