Birthday Bash Blues
7 reasons why I loathe kid parties
Babies as young as 6 months old can now watch sports training videos made specifically for them. In fact, according to a report in The New York Times, sports videos and classes for the pre-verbal set are a booming business. Sports classes for toddlers are also on the rise. According to the Times, there are [...]
At Bliss Body Yoga Studio in Collingswood, NJ, Maureen Heil teaches 4-year-olds yoga using illustrations from Eric Carle’s book, 10 Little Rubber Ducks. The children pretend to be whales and dolphins and “imitate the wind to practice deep breathing.” Heil is just one of several yoga instructors in the Philly area offering classes for kids as young as [...]
More museums are offering stroller tours in order to meet the demand of parents anxious to expose their little ones to great works of art.
Slate poetry editor Robert Pinsky brings back classic poems, arguing kids will enjoy the language and imagery.
There are 3 new Dr. Suess apps out for the iPhone: ebook versions of classics Green Eggs and Ham and Hop on Pop, and Gertrude McFuzz. My oldest is old enough to read Hop on Pop and Green Eggs and Ham herself now, and she’s availed herself of that for hours on end since we [...]
Riding bikes is a quintessential kid activity. But if you don't live in the suburbs, it's also something of an ordeal necessarily involving parents. Do kids really have to learn to ride a bike?
Exercise is good, but do little kids really need to join gyms and hire personal trainers?