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Amazon deals are so good they’re unreal! Hustle over to Amazon where you can snag The Learning Journey Play & Learn Remote Control Dancing Dino Toy on sale for just $18.47 (regularly $34.99) – the lowest price! This remote-control toy has flashing lights, sound effects, and fun dance moves! Plus, in Let’s Learn mode, the dinosaur will ask questions about colors, shapes, and more, so kids are learning while also being entertained. Batteries are required, but they’re included! So your kiddo or giftee can start playing with it right out of the box. On the fence? Check out these helpful...

Let’s hear it for sittervising There’s a new parenting trend called “sittervising” making the rounds on social media. The premise—supervising your kids from a seated position, which leaves many parents who do this on the regular scratching their heads at the “newness” of it all. The phrase was originated by Susan Allison, M. Ed, a former teacher, mother-of-three, and founder of the Busy Toddler Instagram account. “You do not need to hover over kids while they play OR feel like you absolutely must be playing with them at all times,” Allison wrote alongside a video of her watching her kids...

Safety tips for inside or outside of a vehicle By Emily A. Thomas, Ph.D. Many parents with newborns rely on the convenience of an infant car seat. They can remove a sleeping baby from the car without unbuckling her and click the carrier right into a stroller. But that convenience can also cause problems because it might lead parents and caregivers to put a baby’s safety at risk, even if they don’t realize it. Research has found that children in portable car seats have been injured in falls from elevated surfaces or when the seat turns over on soft surfaces,...

Some novelists break rules.  It’s so annoying.  You, as a dutiful writer, labor endlessly, revising and revising to get a manuscript exactly right.  You study, cut, revise, beta, sensitivity read.  You find comps and kill your darlings until your floor is slippery with blood.  You craft a novel that fits the market and which cannot possibly raise objections. And then there are the wise guys.  The ones who don’t seem to care.  They go ahead and write exactly what they want, offend without concern, ignore the rules, throw away the craft books and indulge in freeform story structure.  They stick...

Nestled inside a mid-century Melbourne apartment block, this home was given a sensitive restoration recently with architect Bonnie Mills at the helm. Home to Bonnie, her partner Ashley Raggett, toddler Sonny Raggett and the family dog Teddy, the home combines natural stone, terrazzo and walnut timber in a nod to the apartment’s heritage. “The whole aesthetic is a link back to the mid-century origins of the apartment – certainly the walnut timber, terrazzo and the square tiles in the kitchen,” says Bonnie, who has furnished the home with a mix of modern and vintage furniture finds as well as mid-century...