A Simple Checklist: choosing good apps by age
If you have ever started choosing good apps by age with enthusiasm and quietly dropped it two weeks later, you are in good company. The trouble is…
Family Movie Night Rules: A Realistic Family Plan
Before diving into techniques, it helps to be clear about what family movie night rules can and cannot do. It will not fix everything overnight, and…
Video Game Time Limits: What Works at Our House
Before diving into techniques, it helps to be clear about what video game time limits can and cannot do. It will not fix everything overnight, and…
Switching Off Without Tantrums: What Works at Our House
If you have ever started switching off without tantrums with enthusiasm and quietly dropped it two weeks later, you are in good company. The trouble…
Educational Youtube Picks: What Works at Our House
There is a reason educational youtube picks keeps coming up in conversations about Screens & Play: it sits right at the crossing point between effort…
Tablet Setup for Safety Ideas Worth Stealing
Most advice about tablet setup for safety falls into two useless categories: intimidatingly thorough or vacuously cheerful. Neither helps on a…
The Mistakes We Made With board games for mixed ages
Most advice about board games for mixed ages falls into two useless categories: intimidatingly thorough or vacuously cheerful. Neither helps on a…
Outdoor Play Any Weather: What Works at Our House
Most advice about outdoor play any weather falls into two useless categories: intimidatingly thorough or vacuously cheerful. Neither helps on a…
Crafts from Recycling Without the Daily Battle
Most advice about crafts from recycling falls into two useless categories: intimidatingly thorough or vacuously cheerful. Neither helps on a Tuesday…
Puzzle Weekends Without the Daily Battle
If you have ever started puzzle weekends with enthusiasm and quietly dropped it two weeks later, you are in good company. The trouble is rarely…
Building Blocks Beyond Toddler Without the Daily Battle
If you have ever started building blocks beyond toddler with enthusiasm and quietly dropped it two weeks later, you are in good company. The trouble…
Our Weekend System for audiobooks for car rides
Before diving into techniques, it helps to be clear about what audiobooks for car rides can and cannot do. It will not fix everything overnight, and…
Photography As a Kid Hobby: A Realistic Family Plan
If you have ever started photography as a kid hobby with enthusiasm and quietly dropped it two weeks later, you are in good company. The trouble is…
Musical Instrument Starts Without the Daily Battle
There is a reason musical instrument starts keeps coming up in conversations about Screens & Play: it sits right at the crossing point between effort…
Screen-free Restaurant Kits for Tired Parents
There is a reason screen-free restaurant kits keeps coming up in conversations about Screens & Play: it sits right at the crossing point between…
Library Trip Routines Ideas Worth Stealing
Most advice about library trip routines falls into two useless categories: intimidatingly thorough or vacuously cheerful. Neither helps on a Tuesday…
Our Weekend System for lego organization that lasts
There is a reason lego organization that lasts keeps coming up in conversations about Screens & Play: it sits right at the crossing point between…
Rainy Saturday Science: A Realistic Family Plan
Before diving into techniques, it helps to be clear about what rainy saturday science can and cannot do. It will not fix everything overnight, and…
Family Photo Scavenger Hunts by Age: What to Expect
Most advice about family photo scavenger hunts falls into two useless categories: intimidatingly thorough or vacuously cheerful. Neither helps on a…
Balancing Screens and Movement Without the Daily Battle
Most advice about balancing screens and movement falls into two useless categories: intimidatingly thorough or vacuously cheerful. Neither helps on a…