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7 secrets of highly happy families: sharing treats, a game, a joke, or just a quiet moment together can bring you closer to your kids than ever before Once a month, Julie Kessel and her husband, Don, have a family Do Nothing Day at their home in Houston with their two boys, Chandler, 7, and Carter, ......(Continue Reading) Playing the garage sale game: besides offering inexpensive treasures for everyone, garage and yard sales give kids a first glimpse into the world of bargaining For 13-year-old Amy Greteman and her mother, Mary Ann, summer in their hometown of Des Moines, Iowa, is hunting season. And the Gretemans are veteran ......(Continue Reading)Art takes lunch - Old Friends - Lunch Box Memories, traveling exhibit - Brief Article It's back to school, which for many of America's kids means picking just the right book bag and lunch box to provoke envy in even the most devoted friends....(Continue Reading)Grab your lunch boxes THEN I was in third grade, Eric Hoglund had the power. He was a big fifth-grader with a buzz cut and a bad temper. He and his cohorts lived one street ......(Continue Reading)Giving kids the write stuff Parents know that they should read to their children, sign them up at the library, and occasionally wrestle the remote control or joystick from their ......(Continue Reading)
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