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White House Seeks Amateur Videos For Flu PSA - $2,500 Prize

by Brett Singer, Posted Jul 14th 2009 11:00AM

Looking for a way to make a few bucks? Handy with a video camera? Worried about swine flu? Then we have an opportunity for you. The Department of Health and Human Services is asking Americans to make a video public service announcement (PSA) about ...
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PlaySavvy Helps Moms Learn About Video Games

by Brett Singer, Posted Feb 19th 2009 10:00AM

Hate to say it folks (and I know I'm about to get hit), but fathers sometimes do know best about video games. There's a fair share of dads who know their way around a wireless controller. But how many moms do you know who actually play video games ...
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Weekend Fun and Games

by Sandy Maple, Posted Feb 6th 2009 4:00PM

Baby, it's cold outside! Looking for some indoor activities to while away the winter hours? Here's the low-down on what's happening in kid's entertainment this weekend as adapted from reviews and ratings by Common Sense Media. At the Movies ...
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Kidz rock

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Mar 2nd 2008 4:57PM

We all know that kids music can get incredibly annoying after the 200th (or 2nd) time you have to listen to it. Sesame Street solved that problem by having guests like Diana Krall, Billy Joel, Norah Jones, Yo-Yo Ma, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and The ...
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Does Baby Einstein hurt more than help?

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Aug 8th 2007 1:34PM

In a new study, researchers have found that videos such as the "Baby Einstein" and "Brainy Baby" series may delay language development in toddlers. For every hour of watching the videos, children learned six to eight fewer words than children who did ...
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Would you play spin the baby?

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jul 31st 2007 1:01PM

When Jared was born, Rachel agreed that she would handle the input and I would handle the output. Unfortunately, I didn't realize at the time that the output kept coming long after she stopped providing the input. With Sara, I still handled most of ...
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New Baby Einstein DVD: Discovering Shapes

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jul 24th 2007 1:33PM

I've long been a fan of the Baby Einstein videos and do believe they contributed to Jared's early cognitive development. Both Jared and Sara have loved the videos and still watch them. We have, I believe, every one (thank you Costco!). At least, we ...
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Garage sales are hard on everyone

by Sandy Maple, Posted Jun 10th 2007 10:04AM

Yesterday was our annual neighborhood garage sale. All who care to participate drag out their unwanted items and sit back and wait for to customers to arrive. Last year, I spent the annual garage sale day shopping around the neighborhood. Garage ...
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A Tribute to Mister Rogers

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jun 3rd 2007 10:04AM

The other day, Kristin lamented that she was unable to watch the legendary Fred Rogers' television show when she was younger, and shared some of the wonderful and amazing aspects of his life. Well, I did watch Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. I even, ...
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Teacher sues over teddy bear video

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Jun 2nd 2007 11:00AM

My eyeballs still hurt from watching this juvenile, shakily-shot video shot by two high school students. I watched it after reading on BoingBoing that the video had not only provoked the expulsion of two boys from school, but it had also invoked ...
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How to deal with bad parents

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted May 30th 2007 5:05PM

If you spend your time reading parenting websites, attending PTA meetings, or at the playground with your child, you probably know that most parents are crazy idiots who have no idea what they're doing. Common wisdom is to ignore these Neanderthals ...
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Grandma's in the kitchen

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted May 29th 2007 1:32PM

Part oral history, part cooking class, What's Cooking Grandma? is an online collection of videos of grandmothers doing what grandmothers have long loved to do -- cooking. According to the site, "What's Cooking Grandma? is a project to create a ...
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Will Ferrell's tyrant 2-year-old landlord

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Apr 18th 2007 9:00AM

I love Will Ferrell. Voraciously. I think he is utterly hilarious and I totally love the fact that he nonchalantly toted his wife's breast pump at the Golden Globes. And even though his Internet video has been viewed over 3 million times, I somehow ...
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Children's use of video for information.

by Heather Craven, Posted Aug 4th 2006 3:30PM

Recently, my 23-month old went through a period when he liked watching this goofy guy mimic a song repeatedly on video. Devon would watch it over and over again. It was funny, although I got bored after the first 25 times or so he and I watched it. ...
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Baby Einstein exposed?

by Keith McDuffee, Posted Feb 21st 2006 12:39PM

I don't even know where to begin on this post; there are so many sides to the story. Should your babies watch TV? Are Baby Einstein videos essential to brain development? Are TV and videos just good babysitters? Is it bad that you think TV and videos ...
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