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Here are today’s deals on toys and fun kids’ stuff (5/17): Get this Play-Doh Kitchen Pizza Oven Playset for $8.59 shipped from Amazon. Score this Rechargeable Galaxy Moon Sphere Lamp for $13 shipped from Amazon when you enter promo code 50S4LC7D at checkout. Grab this Water Doodle Toddler Activity Book Set for $4.99 shipped from Amazon when you enter promo code 60AIGODF at checkout. Get this Spider-Man No Way Home Bitty Boomer Bluetooth Speaker for $6.39 shipped from Amazon. Grab this Go Glam Nail Surprise Playset for $5.38 shipped from Amazon. Here are some that are still available as of...

Dear Amy: I’m a mother of two children, ages 7 and 10. My kids enjoy playing with their friends outside of school, and I mostly don’t mind hosting playdates. We do way more than our share of hosting, however. One of my son’s best friends is frequently invited to our house, but rarely reciprocates. The mom even acknowledges that they “need to have him (my son) over,” but the invite never seems to arrive. This mom is busy (she has three kids) and rarely turns down our invitations, but rarely invites my son over. Short of inviting ourselves to their...

We’re in the midst of a birthday arms race. Parents are constantly battling to see who can throw the most elaborate bash for their kids. And we’re not just talking about celebrities like DJ Khaled, who bought his 1-year-old a customized miniature Rolls-Royce, either. We’re talking about seemingly ordinary parents going absolutely batsh*t crazy to ensure the bouncy castle at their kid’s soiree is bigger than the house behind which it’s inflated.But who can afford it all? The presents, the party, the gifts for all the parties your kid gets invited to ⏤ as if the cost of raising a...

aslysun/ShutterstockTalking to your baby or toddler shapes the structure of their brain, my colleagues and I have discovered. For the study, which is published in The Journal of Neuroscience, we enrolled 163 children at either six months of age or 30 months of age. The children wore a small audio recorder in a specially made vest for between one and three days. We recorded all the language input they received – such as adults talking to the child, adults talking to each other and siblings talking. In total, we recorded over 6,200 hours of talk. We also studied the development...

June and I took a quick trip to Texas last week to visit family. When it comes to flying with a toddler, you’ve got to have a few tricks up your sleeve. Below you’ll find the best of the best things that I’ve used over the last few years and swear by. Do you have any amazing products to share when traveling with toddlers? Leave a comment below! Stokke Kid's Ride-On Suitcase First thing is first: I've had this for June for 2 years and it's hands down our favorite travel day must have. She absolutely loves it and it...