children

One thing hasn't changed over the years:  Kids love to color and paint.  But have you seen the price of watercolor paints and supplies these days? Here's an easy recipe for a budget-friendly paint that's also non-toxic - meaning that if your little one accidentally gets some in their mouth, it's not going to harm them.  The four ingredients in this paint recipe are all edible.

One of the most confusing things I think as a parent is some of the ways we make our kids safe. When I had to strap JJ, my first, into his seat I was baffled and wasn't sure I had the seat in the car right.

The Alpha Alternative School in Toronto, Ontario is celebrating 40 years. It's a school that doesn't give homework and doesn't ever test it's students. The students, parents and teachers are in together on deciding what the children learn. Some studies are working with other kids and going out in nature and learning.

Come celebrate the School Semester Break Day fun at the Heritage Sports Center, Friday January 18th.  It's an Open Skate session - from 2 til 4 PM.

Probably all of us can look at a printed magazine or catalog and know what to do with it.  But what does that same paper-and-ink technology mean to a society that's growing up with touch-screen technology like the IPad?

It's not a new story - but perhaps one that needs re-telling and re-sharing right about now. A very creative 9 year old boy in Los Angeles spent time in his dad's auto body garage building an arcade out of cardboard boxes - but - he had no customers.

McKenna Pope is 13 and has a 4 year old brother. Her brother wants an Easy Bake Oven for Christmas, but is embarrassed to ask for one because of the "girl" colors that are available, and the teasing he would take from Uncles and friends.

You see them at every children's birthday party these days - Those infamous, multi-colored, inflatable bounce houses.   And with their growing popularity has come an increase in reported injuries caused by them.

Two favorites from your childhood could be gone forever as the company that makes them gets ready to surrender to a strike that's held up operations for the past three months.  Hostess Foods says that if an agreement wasn't reached by the evening of November 15th, they would be forced to shut down operations and liquidate the company, resulting in the loss of 18,000 jobs...

Vote, Vote often, that's what my friend Scott says. There are a few issues up for a vote and, um, I think President too. Anyway, watch this and see if it doesn't remind you to vote.

I was talking with our daycare person Shawna and we were discussing when and how of child seats and how tall the child is and when they move from a seat to booster. Law enforcement will be helping answer your questions for Child Passenger Safety Week.

Since 1963, elementary school children have cut their reading-teeth on the Encyclopedia Brown mystery series.  The author of Encyclopedia Brown - Donald J. Sobol - has passed away at the age of 87 in Miami, Florida. Sources close to the family say  that Mr...