Children/Kids

Since a story in Utah broke about the school throwing away students lunches to make a point to the parents about past due lunch accounts was brought to light, people are keeping an eye out on the whole school lunch debacle.  It seems that a similar thing was happening in Houston.  Students who had past due lunch accounts were only given cold cheese sandwiches for lunch.  A school mentor by the nam

It's been quite awhile since I have watched 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit,' so last night I curled up in bed and revisited this classic movie from 1988. The movie was based on the book by Gary K. Wolf, 'Who Censored Roger Rabbit?'

It is always sweet to hear your little one in the backseat singing along with the radio.  However, it is somewhat heartbreaking when they are brought to tears by a song.  My son used to always tear up during a sad song.  So this video is so sweet when a little guy by the name of Jackson is brought to tears by the song Say Something by Great Big World...

I just ran across this amazing story about 8-year old Tyler Doohan.  Tyler heroically saved 6 people from a house fire including two children.

Lego fans all over the Texas Panhandle rejoice.  Something amazing is debuting at the Don Harrington Discovery Center this Saturday.  The world of Lego is taking over.

Parents of middle school children in Portsmouth, Rhode Island received an interesting letter warning them of a "widespread phenomenon".   That widespread phenomenon is snorting or smoking smarties.

As most of you know, I have a friend and his name is William I have talked about him over the years, and he is a Children's Miracle Network kiddo.  He suffered multiple aneurysms at the age of four that left him in a some what comatose state. Even the doctors didn't expect him to live.  However, this little boy has been fighting hard and beating the odds over and over again.  He's my hero and he i

Saturday mornings. The only day of the week a child was willing to roll out of bed early in the morning. If you grew up in the 70's and early 80s, Saturday mornings were an event.

Saturday mornings. The only day of the week a child was willing to roll out of bed early in the morning. If you grew up in the 70's and early 80s, Saturday mornings were an event.

I haven't instituted allowance in my house yet.  I have been teetering on the whole idea.  Don't get me wrong, I do reward good behavior in my house.  If E. has a good week in school and does his chores with out a fight we get froyo or a movie.  However as he is getting older he is starting to ask for thing that cost a lot of money.  So I am thinking it might be time to start giving him an allowan

If you grew up watching Sesame Street, The Muppet Show or Star Wars then you are very familiar with the work of Frank Oz. Frank Richard Oznowski was born on May 25, 1944 and has entertained a generation of children along with Jim Henson on Sesame Street.

As long we've had TV, game companies have been translating some of our favorites shows into board games. A couple of the big game companies while I was growing up were Parker Brothers and Milton Bradley. Both are now owned by Hasbro. Over the years game companies have  extended the reach of some of their long standing board games like; Monopoly and Clue.