Safety

Food allergies can be scary stuff. Though they only affect an estimated 8% of children in the United States, they still must be taken seriously. Any kind of allergic reaction is your body’s immune system responding to an allergen—a usually harmless substance that,…

When I think about CPR, it seems like a skill I’ve always known how to execute. Why? Because I learned CPR as a child—more than once! In elementary school, middle school, at summer camp, and as a Girl Scout, I was essentially an…

Seen it! Heard it! Reddit? If you have kids in middle school and beyond, I’m willing to bet that you’ve heard about Reddit. But what exactly is the website’s deal? And in a world where Internet safety is of tantamount importance, is Reddit…

Even in the internet’s early days, it had a reputation of being a “Wild West” of its own. It was new, unpredictable, always changing, and largely unregulated. I was five years old when my parents brought home our first family computer. Complete with…

If your house is anything like mine, it’s overrun with cords and wires. They snake over every open surface, connecting video game consoles to the TV, the TV to an extension cord, and the extension cord to the wall. This cacophony of cables…

Picture this: you and the kids are on a family outing to a youth baseball game. Before you enter the ballpark, you put on your mama or papa bear hat and carefully instruct each kid to stay close to you. After handing out…

I love video games. They tend to get a pretty bad rap, but video games can be a fun (and often challenging) way for kids to spend their free time. Spending too much time on any screen can lead to tech addiction, but…

When I was in first grade, I rode the bus to school every morning. It would pick me and my friends up in front of our neighbor’s house and carry us through the busy streets of suburban Salt Lake City right to the…