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  • What is ‘Among Us’ and Why Should You Care?

    What is ‘Among Us’ and Why Should You Care?

    If your kid has been calling everything they don’t like “sus” lately, they’re probably playing Among Us. In Among Us slang, “sus” means “suspicious,” a word that sums up the appeal of the multiplayer social deduction game perfectly: It’s all about mistrust, misdirection, and paranoia. But in a fun way.


  • Should I Keep Track of Who My Nephews Game With Online?

    Should I Keep Track of Who My Nephews Game With Online?

    The worry over how our kids and teenagers will navigate an online world full of images, language, and people we’d prefer they never encounter is not reserved for parents alone. Many other adults in their lives, from teachers and mentors to aunts and uncles, also feel a sense of responsibility for keeping kids safe as…


  • How to Choose the Perfect Baby Name

    How to Choose the Perfect Baby Name

    Go to any parenting website and you will find list after list of potential baby names, including — but not limited to! — lists for families who “like to rock,” top 100 lists, and lists of names that are “rarely used but beautiful.” This is not that. Instead of listing names for you, I’m going…