Recent Parenting Posts

Make It Green: Chocolate Facial Mask

How about a little something sweet for the weekend? Here's a recipe straight from my book, for a chocolate facial mask made with ingredients you probably already have in your… Read more »

Elevator to the Top: Space Elevators Climbing Towards Reality

The legend that is Sir Arthur C. Clarke is formidable.  As a science fiction author who knew how to mix imagination with scientific reality, Clarke left the world a legacy… Read more »

Harmony Juvenile LiteRider Booster Seat

If you’re like many modern parents with little kids, you’ve probably got two cars, but one car seat per child, which you move back and forth depending on who’s playing… Read more »

Camila Alves: Some Bunny to Love

Fame Baby isn’t due yet, but the Alves-McConaughey family continues to grow! Camila Alves picked up a little bunny — along with some dog food — at a pet store… Read more »

Hallmark’s hoops&yoyo, E-Card Superstars

If you’re a parent, and especially if you’re a geek parent, you’ve probably made your share of funny voices. We all do it, whether it’s to make a baby laugh… Read more »

huge tub giveaway!!

If you have been wanting a puj tub, now is your chance. Puj just announced they are giving away 100 of their tubs.The tubs are amazing.. really and truly. One… Read more »

Can’t Commit to a Family Pet? Try a Triops

If you’re in the market for a low-cost, low-maintenance, low-commitment but high-interest pet, you can’t do better than triops. What are triops? Also known as tadpole shrimp, triops are a… Read more »

A New Translation of Old Fairy Tales

Fairy tales fill our childhoods. Story after story, all just a little bit different, make up the books we read, the movies we see and the modernized versions we are… Read more »

Alicia Minshew Welcomes Daughter Willow Lenora

Michael Simon/Startraks All My Children star Alicia Minshew’s baby girl has arrived! Willow Lenora Herschenfeld was born Wednesday, November 4th at 6:42 a.m., weighing in at 5 lbs., 2 oz… Read more »

Do You Speak LEGO?

What do you call a 4-stud by 2-stud standard LEGO brick? Certainly not “4-stud by 2-stud standard LEGO brick,” I’ll bet. Indeed, we probably all have our own names for… Read more »