kids
ChoreMonster.com aims to make chores more enjoyable for kids and parents
Getting my children to help with household chores can be a daily battle. It’s no fun, and everybody ends up feeling grumpy. Right? ChoreMonster.com is an online system of chore assignments and rewards. It lets parents assign chores for kids by choosing from the default list or adding customized tasks. Each chore can be customized by due date, frequency, and points awarded. Each child gets hi...
Caine’s Arcade: Boy + Unlimited Cardboard + Summer Vacation + Hope
Caine’s Arcadeis the creation of one Los Angeles 9 year old boy, named Caine. Given a steady supply of cardboard boxes and packing tape, plus a whole summer vacation to fill, Caine built his own arcade. He built the games, complete with calculators for Fun Pass verification (enter the PIN and press the checkmark button, and then make sure the big number matches the one written on the back of...
Funny Mom Stuff: Mom, you’re shrinking!
My daughter is 6 years old. She is under the impression that aging corresponds with “getting bigger.” At her age, that’s true! On the other hand, my husband and I joke around that I’m shrinking. I’m only 5 feet tall, and the last time we marked our heights on the wall, I was 1/4 inch shorter than last time. I tell my kids it’s because they’re wearing me do...
Boredom Busters: 100+ Cures for Bored Kids
It’s been a while since I posted about my work at Squidoo. Well, I just finished a brand new page over there, all about how to keep kids from being bored. I worked on it all afternoon, because I was thinking of ways to keep my own kids from complaining, and I figured I’d put it into a nice, pretty, organized page, so other people could use the ideas, too. When I was a kid, my parents w...
