Image: Sesame Workshop PBS Kids and Sesame Street are continuing to provide opportunities for parents to speak with their kids about race and racism. Over the next week, two specials—PBS KIDS Talk About: Race...
Photo: N. Mitchell (Shutterstock) I’m kidding. The photo is a joke, I’m not here to suggest you store your kid’s sippy cups by wedging them between two tree trunks. That seems like a solution...
Photo: WeAre (Shutterstock) Happier WeekHappier WeekIt can be hard to be truly happy lately, so we’re bringing you tiny hacks and simple pleasures to make your days brighter. This week, we’re all about being...
Photo: gmstockstudio (Shutterstock) A couple of months into the pandemic, my 9-year-old son looked at me and said, “Maybe I’ll get into cooking.” He’s helped me bake since he was a preschooler but we’d...
Parental AdvisoryParental AdvisoryTackling your most pressing parenting dilemmas, one tantrum at a time. Email your kid-rearing questions to mwalbert@lifehacker.com with “Parental Advisory” in the subject line. Teenagers have a reputation as being a little...
Image: Catherine Newman The timing of the release of the new book How to Be a Person: 65 Hugely Useful, Super-Important Skills to Learn before You’re Grown Up really couldn’t be better. I’m sure author...
Photo: AstroStar (Shutterstock) Kids are missing out on lots of conventional social interactions with their friends right now, but we’re also getting pretty good at figuring out pandemic variations on the classics. “It’s Better...
Photo: Shutterstock If your teenager has ever wanted to compose their own music or produce their own podcast, they’ve got a chance to learn some basics this summer in their own homes, at their...
Photo: Shutterstock Although the Olympic Games are canceled for 2020, your family needn’t go without the rush of competitive sporting events this summer if you host your own backyard Olympics instead. You don’t need...
Photo: Shutterstock If there’s one thing parents have learned during the pandemic, it’s this: Little kids suck at video chatting. Maybe we already suspected this based on the occasional, disastrous FaceTime or Skype call...
