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The Christmas Season: How Early is Too Early?

The Christmas Season: How early is too early?

I love the Christmas season. All the décor and holiday festivities make me positively giddy. I am not, however, in favor of all this early decorating. I genuinely adore Autumn and bringing in the Christmas spirit early tends to put me in a Winter state-of-mind. Now, if you like the feeling that Winter extends from November until mid-March, by all means.

Free for Kids This Christmas & Holiday Season

🎄Make memories. 🎄Enjoy holiday time with your kids. 🎄Do it for FREE! Across the US many national chain stores and restaurants offer free seasonal family fun. Every family can use a little budget-friendly holiday cheer and these free-for-kids events definitely fit the bill. Make crafts that your kids can give as gifts or use to […]

Tips to avoid overscheduling kids

5 Tips to Reduce the Pressure of Overscheduling Your Kids

If you find yourself running ragged all week with zero time for family dinners and feel more like an Uber driver than a parent, maybe overscheduling is the problem. We asked our readers about this topic and for some possible solutions.

stuck at home things to do

25+ Things to Do When You’re Stuck at Home

Stuck at home because of illness in the family or unprecedented school closings and need ideas of how to not lose your sanity and entertain your kids? We’ve got lots of ideas (because that’s what we do here).

Parent-Tried Tips for Getting Your Kids to Talk

How do you get kids to talk to their parents? How do you spark meaningful conversations with kids? You love your kids and you want to hear about their day and what’s happening in their lives. But, how do you encourage your kids to talk to you? Try these tips from parents just like you for encouraging kids to communicate and talk to you.

Car seat trade in program Target

Trade-In Old Car Seats for Coupons: 2024 Target Car Seat Trade-In

Do you have an old car seat to trade in? If you’ve got an old car seat around collecting dust, you can trade it in at Target or Wal-Mart for coupons or gift cards. Read on to learn how these programs work. The Target car-seat trade-in event is coming up September 12-25, 2021!

Share your adventure with us!

Share Your Adventure: Tell Us!

Want to tell us about something awesome you did or somewhere amazing you visited? This is where you can do that! Send us your photos, videos, and comments about what you did and where you visited. We might just turn YOUR trip into our next piece of content.

Kids Eat Free, National Chains

20 Restaurants Where Kids Eat Free Across the USA

Wondering what national chain restaurants offer free or discounted kids’ meals? Kids Eat Free promotions are one of the most popular deals restaurants offer families. No matter what city you live in, or where you travel, there are national chain restaurants with deals on kids’ meals. Here’s a list of national chain restaurants with kids eat free (or cheap) deals.

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