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  • Teach Your Kids to Roughhouse in ‘Slow-Mo Mode’

    Teach Your Kids to Roughhouse in ‘Slow-Mo Mode’

    The kids, they’re gonna wrestle. If you’ve got a child — and especially if you have more than one child — you’ve probably noticed their propensity for extremely physical play. Maybe you’ve even roughhoused with them yourself — it can be fun! But now that we’re 72 years into this pandemic and staring down a long,…


  • Don’t Stake Lollies into the Ground on Halloween, FFS

    Don’t Stake Lollies into the Ground on Halloween, FFS

    Look, I know we’re all desperate to salvage something, anything, for our kids this year. They have been dealt one crushing disappointment after another for so many months now that I’ve stopped counting. And I know we’ve all had our moments of temporary (or prolonged) insanity during this pandemic. But friends, let’s slow down. Let’s…


  • Have a Glow-in-the-Dark Lolly Hunt on Halloween

    Have a Glow-in-the-Dark Lolly Hunt on Halloween

    Some parents opting to skip trick-or-treating this year are borrowing an idea from that other lolly-friendly holiday: Easter. I’m talking, of course, of the lolly scavenger hunt. Sure, you could host your hunt indoors or outdoors in broad daylight, but why do that when you could give it a Halloween twist — by making it…