Travel companies continue to offer tempting summer deals. Get your calendar and plan for more summer fun with your family. Here are five ideas: 1. Jackson Hole, Wyo. Two top resorts within this beautiful region have teamed up to offer the five-day, four-night Best of the Tetons package. It includes lodging for four at Jackson [...]

Are your kids bored yet? In other words, are they driving you crazy yet? Summer vacation is nearing its halfway point. You’ve done the local park. You’ve done the blow-up pool. Bike riding, video game playing, it’s all getting old. Here are a few low-cost ways to entertain kids in metro Detroit before school buses [...]

The nightly battle of teeth brushing is something a lot of parents suffer through. By using your child’s dominant sense to either entertain or distract your child, you will make this routine job done with a lot less anxiety. Tactile children respond well to when they’re able to do what everyone else is doing, especially [...]

Fruits and vegetables offer maximum flavor and nutrients when harvested and consumed at peak ripeness. By the end of July, many backyard gardens and local farmers’ markets are overflowing with ready-to eat vegetables and fruit. This week we’re offering healthy meal ideas to help you make the most of this garden bounty. Start with a [...]

If there’s one arena that may have been kind of neglected in the nameberry search for cool namesakes, it would probably be the wide, wide world of sports. There are a couple of explanations for this. Number One is the fact that so many star athletes were known by nicknames – Mickey and Ricky, Babe, [...]

Your three-year-old has accidentally locked himself in the bathroom. Don’t panic. You can have him out in five minutes without damaging your door. Tools You’ll Need: precision kit 6-in-1 interchangeable screwdriver 7oz. hammer Step 1: Make Like a Jewel Thief You’ve seen probably seen this done in a movie: If the doorknob has a small [...]

The television had been blaring NickToons for at least two hours. Probably more like four. And then I snapped. “If you guys don’t turn off that television, I’m going to throw it out of the window,” I told my children. With great flourish, I unplugged the cable wires and waved them around as if the [...]

Taking young children on an airplane flight can be a hassle, especially if you’re alone. Child Aviation Restraint System (CARES) helps eliminate much of the hassle while making your child safe. CARES is approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for children over 1 year of age and 22-44 pounds. It weighs only 1 pound [...]

Eight-year-old Davion Chatman does a handstand in about three feet of water in the Fairground Pool in St. Louis, Mo., one recent afternoon. Nearby, his brother, Chris Chatman, 13, rolls himself into a ball and does somersaults. “Hey, watch me,” calls DiMarco Martin, 13, who’s standing in chin-high water. He dives straight to the bottom [...]

Got a kid who’s turning up his nose at everything except chicken nuggets and plain noodles? Well, those food, and lots more healthy items, will be played with and consumed when you serve lunch on the food face plate. The plate from Worldwide Fred has a bald, plain, pink face on it. On it, noodles [...]