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Binge-Watching as Bonding

TV is bad and rots your brain. Got it. But TV is fun! Today, with Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Hulu, the internet, etc. it is incredibly easy to binge-watch TV series. (Believe it or not, you can still buy and watch DVDs and BluRays, even though using physical media like this may cause anyone under […]

Bethanne Kim 9 years agoJune 23, 2026

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Camouflage, Cover, and Concealment: The Art of Staying Safe

This is from a book I am writing “26 Mental & Urban Life Skills” in my series “Survival Skills for All Ages.” Given the events in Las Vegas last night, I decided to share this information on camouflage, cover, and concealment. I pray that you and yours never need it. Escape and evasion is always […]

Bethanne Kim 9 years agoJune 23, 2026

10 Great Picture Books You Never Heard Of

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10 GREAT Picture Books You’ve Never Heard Of

There are mountains, heaps, and masses of amazing picture books available today. No matter what your tyke is interested in or worried about, there is a picture book (or five) about it. Our personal collection of picture books included a larger-than-average number of books focused on art and artists. I am really at a loss to […]

Bethanne Kim 9 years agoJune 23, 2026

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Then and Now: Used Bookstores

When was the last time you went to a used bookstore? My parents took me to them all the time when I was a kid because they “couldn’t afford to buy all my books new.” Their words, not mine. At some point, probably when I moved to a big city and wasn’t reading as much, […]

Bethanne Kim 9 years agoJune 23, 2026

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Late Summer Gardening with Kids

As summer is drawing to a close, parents start to want to toss their kids out. Not to anywhere in particular, just away. Anything to stop the bickering, the fussing, and the “I’m bored” comments. It isn’t just you. At the same time, our bank accounts start screaming from the pain of vacations, camps, back […]

Bethanne Kim 9 years agoJune 23, 2026

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New Traditions: Family Movie Night

We have a pile of unwatched movies and I bet you do too. They might be physical DVDs or Blurays, or they might be a virtual stack on NetFlix or Amazon Prime, but they sit there, taunting you, year after year. I got sick of it and instituted a family movie night. We take turns […]

Bethanne Kim 9 years agoJune 23, 2026

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Why Scouting is Great for Your Kid

I am a Scout. I was just at Scout camp last week. I have been one since first grade, and I will be until I die. Literally. When I turned 21, I paid for my lifetime membership in Girl Scouts. Naturally, we only have sons. So, my personal experience as a youth is in Girl […]

Bethanne Kim 9 years agoJune 23, 2026

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Gift Guide: Adult Coloring Books and Colored Pencils

From baby’s first scribbles to DaVinci’s sculptures, there is a huge continuum in what is art. Most of us don’t progress very far on that continuum, but the new generation of adult coloring books and colored pencils let us feel like we have. The thing I love about it is that no matter what your […]

Bethanne Kim 9 years agoJune 23, 2026

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Raising Healthier Kids

Guest post by Vasilis Stefanou of TheLifeUpgrades.com. Even though I’m not a father, I dislike the idea that most of the kids in our days are raised in unhealthy ways and by the time they reach their teenage years have multiple health problems because of the living they are used to have. Why is that the case? […]

Bethanne Kim 9 years agoJune 23, 2026

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What Mom REALLY Wants for Mother’s Day

Everyone tries to figure out what Mom really wants for Mother’s Day. New shoes? (Which shoes?) A spa day? (Which spa, and which treatments?) Books? (Which ones?) Breakfast in bed? (Made by the kids? What can they make that she will eat?) It’s really quite simple. It’s an inverse relationship to how much they see their kids. […]

Bethanne Kim 9 years agoJune 23, 2026

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Tag: responsibility

Binge-Watching as Bonding

Camouflage, Cover, and Concealment: The Art of Staying Safe

10 GREAT Picture Books You’ve Never Heard Of

Then and Now: Used Bookstores

Late Summer Gardening with Kids

New Traditions: Family Movie Night

Why Scouting is Great for Your Kid

Gift Guide: Adult Coloring Books and Colored Pencils

Raising Healthier Kids

What Mom REALLY Wants for Mother’s Day

Survival Skills for All Ages (series)