Too Much TV Time? How to Peel Your Kids off the Screen
6 Tips on How to Survive a Road Trip with Kids
Travel activities for a road trip with kids
by Kerrie McLoughlin
I’ll never forget the year my husband and I drove 22 hours one way with four small children. We were headed to Phoenix from Kansas City because my husband was working there for weeks on end, and we wanted to be able to see him every now and then! Not only that, but each weekend we would drive five more hours one way to San Diego. That is a LOT of time in the car with kids, folks, and people thought I was nuts. While that may be true, I consider myself to be somewhat of an expert on surviving a road trip with kids. Want to know how to keep your sanity while in the car with little ones? Read on …
Beasts of the Southern Wild
by Drew Davis
My four-year old is the worst storyteller. He includes details that are superfluous and leaves out details that are necessary to understand the conclusion of his story. At the same time, there is something marvelous about learning the details he notices and those he doesn’t. I love seeing how his embellishments seamlessly become a part of the story. It is this flawed but charming way kids tell stories that is at the center of the movie Beasts of the Southern Wild. It sounds cute doesn’t it?
