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What's Better for Kids: Computers, TV or Video Games?

by the editors at Common Sense Media, Posted May 17th 2011 3:00PM

How does a parent choose which media to allow their kids to spend time with? Credit: Getty Images It's a daily dilemma: If you allow a certain amount of screen time per day -- whether it's TV, the computer or a video game -- which one ...Whether it's TV, video games or websites, a screen is a screen is a screen.
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Reviews: What's New This Week

by Sandy Maple, Posted Jan 14th 2011 12:30PM

Seth Rogen, left, and Jay Chou star in "The Green Hornet." Credit: AP Photo/Jaimie Trueblood, Columbia Pictures-Sony Here is a look at what's new this week in family entertainment as adapted from reviews and ratings by Common Sense ..."The Green Hornet" rides into theaters, while "Alpha and Omega" lands on DVD.
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Reviews: What's New This Week

by Sandy Maple, Posted Dec 24th 2010 12:00PM

Colin Baiocchi, left, and Ben Stiller are shown in a scene from "Little Fockers." Credit: Glen Wilson, Universal Pictures / AP
Here is a look at what's new this week in family entertainment as adapted from reviews and ratings by ..."Little Fockers," "Easy A" iffy for young teens.
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Reviews: What's New This Week

by Sandy Maple, Posted Oct 1st 2010 2:30PM

Here is a look at what's new this week in family entertainment as adapted from reviews and ratings by Common Sense Media. Click on the links to read the reviews in full. In Theaters: "The Social Network" A dramatization of the creation of ...Jesse Eisenberg plays Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in "The Social Network." Find out what else is new in family entertainment this week.
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Reviews: What's New This Week

by Sandy Maple, Posted Aug 6th 2010 3:15PM

Here is a look at what's new this week in family entertainment as adapted from reviews and ratings by Common Sense Media. Click on the links to read the reviews in full. In Theaters: The Other Guys Starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, "The ...
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Reviews: What's New This Week

by Sandy Maple, Posted May 28th 2010 4:00PM

Here is a look at what's new this week in family entertainment as adapted from reviews and ratings by Common Sense Media. Click on the links to read the reviews in full. In Theaters: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Based on a video game, ...
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Reviews: What's New This Week

by Sandy Maple, Posted Jan 15th 2010 11:39AM

Here's a look at what's new in family entertainment as adapted from reviews and ratings by Common Sense Media. Click on the links to read the reviews in full. New in Theaters: The Spy Next Door Guns are drawn but no blood is spilled in "The Spy ...
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Reviews: What's New This Week

by Sandy Maple, Posted Dec 4th 2009 12:02PM

Here is a look at what's new this week in family entertainment as adapted from reviews and ratings by Common Sense Media. Click on the links to read the reviews in full. New In Theaters: Planet 51 Starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as a human ...
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Mark Ballas: Two-Time Dancing With the Stars Champion

by Sandy Maple, Posted Nov 17th 2009 5:15PM

Mark Ballas is a professional actor, dancer and musician who became famous after joining the cast of the ABC reality show "Dancing With the Stars" in 2007. Ballas was born on May 24, 1986, in Houston. At a young age, Mark, the only child of Corky ...
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Steve Burns: The Blue's Clues Host

by Sandy Maple, Posted Nov 11th 2009 2:00PM

Steve Burns is best known as the original host of the long-running children's television show "Blue's Clues." Burns was born on October 9, 1973, in Boyertown, Pa. He studied theater on a scholarship at DeSales University in Center Valley, Pa., but ...
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Blue's Clues

by Sandy Maple, Posted Nov 11th 2009 1:55PM

"Blue's Clues" was a popular, long-running children's television show on Nickelodeon. The show, which aired from 1996 to 2006, featured Blue, an animated dog who interacted with a human host . "Blues Clues" producers created the show based on ...
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Sesame Street Gets Downsized

by Sandy Maple, Posted Mar 17th 2009 2:00PM

With so many people from all walks of life losing their homes these days, it seems that no neighborhood is immune to the credit crunch; from the row houses of Chicago to the gated estates of Palm Beach, foreclosure signs are popping up everywhere. ...
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Weekend Fun and Games

by Sandy Maple, Posted Mar 13th 2009 4:00PM

It's Friday already and time to make plans for the weekend. We're here to help with a list of what's new in kid's entertainment as adapted from reviews and ratings from Common Sense Media. At the Movies An update to 1975's Escape to Witch ...
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Weekend Fun and Games

by Sandy Maple, Posted Feb 27th 2009 4:00PM

It's Friday and time to think about weekend activities. Here are some considerations as adapted from reviews and ratings by Common Sense Media. At the Movies Like the book on which it is based, The Velveteen Rabbit examines complicated family ...
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Little House on the Prairie for adults only?

by Sandy Maple, Posted Nov 8th 2008 12:00PM

Twenty-five years after it went off the air, the beloved television series Little House on the Prairie has finally been released on DVD in Finland. Too bad Finnish kids aren't going to be allowed to buy it. I don't think anyone will stop them from ...
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