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Brentwood farms fruit picking, tips for families
Monday, I drove four boys out to Brentwood to go fruit-picking. I was vague in my promises — berries, cherries, apricots, or whatever they have. You like ...
Parents’ guide to Piedmont parks
6 places to play in Piedmont
ME time: My favorite spots around the {510}
This post was sponsored by domain.ME who wants you to have more time for ME. All opinions and picks are my own. I recently wrote ...
How do you encourage your children to give back?
Here are four ideas for including your kids in holiday giving. I'd love to hear yours in the comments!
Tech Tuesday: Common Sense Media for Bay Area parents
Our family’s screen time rules are fluid with a side order of strict. My sons are allowed about 30 minutes to watch shows each evening ...
We love Everyday Bento!
Local author and blogger, Wendy Copley, wrote and photographed my children’s current favorite book: Everyday Bento: 50 Cute and Yummy Lunches To Go. My sons ...
Tips for raising a reader with CommonSense Media
Two of my children are pretty avid readers so I want to share a few of the things we are doing (right, wrong, and otherwise) ...
Plan ahead for Summer Fun
What’s great about Summer is that some days, you can just roll out of bed slip on a swim suit and play til your mom ...
Lyft and Uber: good resources for one-car families
Though Uber has been driving tech-savvy folks around San Francisco, New York and Boston for a while now, I just tried it myself last month ...
Share your tips with our readers!
Do you have a favorite class, restaurant, or East Bay destination? Did you take a roadtrip with your children that was so great you can’t ...
