Nothing wrong with a mindless game every now and then, but some games are more mindless than others. I’d have your kids steer clear of these. One because it’s grossly sophmoric, two because it was a terrible game that Michael Jackson’s death will resurrect. And three because it fuels the notion of jihad as something [...]

Whoever designed the three-month summer vacation must have received kickbacks from the electronics industry. Even the most well intentioned moms and dads need a break from lemonade stands, swim parties, and cookouts. Here are a handful of great ideas followed by a handful of fair warnings.

I have become my Grandmother. She was the one that spent  a bulk of each day pleasantly sleeping in front of the television. The instant she’d wake she’d fret about the fact  that she never slept.  As we age sleep problems do increase, but so does fretting about them. While I’m not my Grandma yet,  I’m now [...]

Lord knows that the Ford Motor Company is not without its challenges, but give them credit for appealing to Mom’s sense of safety and security instead of relying on run-of-the-mill high in-vehicle entertainment tricks.

For those who haven’t been back-to-school in a while; things have changed.

Some families are OK about playing with toy guns; others believe the toy is the quickest route to the real thing. Now the toy gun dilemma finds its way to the virtual world with Water Warfare from Hudson Entertainment. Billed as a family-friendly first person shooter (sound a bit oxymoronic) this WiiWare (Nintendo’s world of [...]