For parents who want to worry less and play more!
Wow! What an incredible feeling. After three long years of very hard work, Johnny and I walked into the Borders store on Columbus Circle in the middle of New York City and saw our full Braincandy series on the shelf! It’s funny, friends of ours who know how hard we’ve worked to make Braincandy a […]
Posted on October 29th, 2007 by Sam
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Like many children of the 1970s, I watched my share of television. I enjoyed both “Captain Kangaroo” and “Mr. Rogers,” although I was a little unsettled by some of the more surreal aspects of both shows. The ping pong balls hitting the moose puppet with the Captain and the people/puppet dichotomy inherent in the Neighborhood […]
Posted on October 24th, 2007 by BarbaraCA
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Fall is my absolute favorite time of year. Living in Seattle is far different than growing up in the Midwest where the change is so dramatic it knocks your socks off. Every year in early November, my parents would load the three of us up into the station wagon and we’d head for northern Michigan […]
Posted on October 21st, 2007 by Sam
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Hey, have you looked lately at the diversity (or lack thereof) in children’s television?
Off the top of my head, I can think of a few examples of TV characters who are not necessarily stereotypical blond hair/blue eyed leads. And that’s a good thing. I guess my questions are - are there enough? And why is it so important? Well, according […]
Posted on October 17th, 2007 by BarbaraCA
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Although I try to keep my eyes focused on nothing but the best literature the nineteenth century had to offer and pride myself on listening to classical music, there are times when nibletts of pop culture slip into my tiny brain. And, yes, sometimes that includes famous people who are also parents. And those famous […]
Posted on October 10th, 2007 by BarbaraCA
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You’ve been in an office all day, or an exam room, or a cubicle, or a police cruiser (hopefully because it’s your work shift and you are a Peace Officer) – or you’ve been dealing with who-knows-what in almost every corner of your house. In any event, when your child gets home, you look forward […]
Posted on October 3rd, 2007 by BarbaraCA
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