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When You’re Not the Target Demographic

I was surfing around the Internet the other day and happened upon an ad for a major jeans manufacturer. The new tagline was a bit disconcerting, but nothing compared to the photos and accompanying video on the ad campaign’s home page. Not porn by any stretch of...

10 Ways to Make School Fun for a 6-Year-Old

Sing the Hokey Pokey to learn left and right. >Spin in circles while practicing your counting to 100 Offer a choice: “Do you want to read on the red couch or the brown couch today?” Act out stories with Papo figures. Draw a picture of the story you just...

I’m Not a Food Blogger

But I’ve been writing about food/saving money in the kitchen for several weeks over at GNMParents (now ForeverParenting). What can I say? I was in a mood. First, I wrote about a way to cut food costs with a food distribution ministry that anyone can participate...