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Labor Day Trip With The Kids: How To Survive That Last Family Vacation

Have you ever noticed that it’s extra challenging to travel with your family when everyone else around you is also traveling with their family? This time of year, it seems that airports, rest-stops and amusement parks are packed with families trying to fit in one last trip before school starts.
We combined a work trip with […]

Controversial Children’s Video Report: Just a Big PR Campaign?

This week, Bob Iger of Disney provided some feedback to the University of Washington report about children and media exposure. 
As both a mom AND a CEO of a children’s media company, I pay pretty close attention when new reports like this surface. I shared my thoughts about the study in last week’s post. One […]

Young Children and Media Study

The battle rages on…. 
As many of you are probably aware, this week saw new research findings released around the affects of media exposure to young children. I felt compelled to share my thoughts. The study published in the Journal of Pediatrics reported that exposure to television under the age of 2 may slow language development. […]

Introducing Braincandy!!!

Most of you who read this blog know that I’m a mom of twins, someone who is usually pretty focused on issues related to parenting and education and also a “mompreneur” as I’ve heard it coined lately.  Braincandy, the business I started with my husband Johnny in late 2004 is on the verge of really […]