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Sun-Sensitive Wristband Helps Shun Sunburns

Sure makes sense to us. Credit: UVSunSense
Is it a battle every time you need to reapply your kid's sunscreen while you're at the pool, park or beach? UVSunSense wristbands can bring peace to your play day. Simply wrap one around your kid's ...

Come Clean While Keeping Things Dry

Mildew, be gone. Credit: Uncommon Goods
There's nothing like returning from the pool or the shore with a bag full of wet clothes, books and magazines to dampen your day. But here's how to keep things sunny: Just in time for beach season, the ...

Baby Gear for the Beach

Pack smart to make a day at the beach with your baby a breeze. Credit: Getty
For many moms and dads, bringing your baby to the beach is one of the most enjoyable ways to spend a day with the family. Kids love the water, and parents do, too ...

After-School Special

Beach beauties. Credit: Alan Carroll
How's this for an urban escape? We had to share the adorable picture that our photo editor Jolie Novak's husband snapped of their daughter, Sadie Carroll (right) and her friend Bella Maiuri-Schalet. ...

Sunbathing Australian teens advertise for boys

A group of teenage girls, fourteen and fifteen years old, had the brilliant idea of writing their mobile phone numbers on their backs with blue skin cream so that boys could see them when the girls were sunbathing. The girls were hoping to attract ...

DailyDish: Clean sandy feet with baby powder

Headed to the shore for a day in the sun? Here's a trick to prevent bringing the beach back home with you. ...

Teen saves five-year-old from surf

John Palencar is but sixteen years old, and yet he has already experienced much. He's taken a cruise with his family to the Bahamas, spent a day at the beach in Nassau, and saved a drowning five-year-old's life. Palencar was hanging out with other ...

Giant LEGO man emerges from the ocean

If your children are into LEGOs, you know that this line of toys goes way beyond the small colored blocks the company is famous for. In fact, there's an entire world of LEGO gear, including vehicles, offices, towns, and a host of little LEGO people ...

When the earth swallows a child

A while back, Sandy Maple wrote about the dangers of holes on the beach -- small kids can easily become trapped, completely covered by sand when the holes collapse. Well, frankly, it seemed a bit unlikely. A few years ago, we took Jared and my niece ...

Does your family take separate vacations?

I haven't had a real vacation in years. In fact, the last time I went somewhere far away just for fun was in 2000. My husband and I spent one glorious week on Abaco island in the Bahamas. We swam, boated and beached to our heart's content. For all of ...

What do you do when you can't get a break?

There is something in the air. For one reason or another, it seems like every mom I know desperately needs a break. And by break, I mean she needs a week on a beach with a trashy novel. She needs massages, facials, and sweet, blended drinks with ...

Blogging Baby Size Six: Things I've learned on a beach holiday with a two-year-old

1.  At some point in the day, there will be a medical crisis involving some beach-related element in the eyes. 2.  No matter how long you stay on the beach, trust me, it's not long enough for a two-year-old. 3.  No matter how early you ...

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