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Living a couple of thousand miles from my immediate family means that I fly every year—with kids—on tiring flights. On multiple occasions, I’ve flown solo with kids. This summer, I flew alone with four kids aged 2, 4, 6, and 8. Last summer, I did it alone with each of those kids being a year younger. I’ve flown with sleeping newborns, squirmy nine-month-olds, and impossible eighteen-month-olds. On some flights, my kids have been surprisingly angelic. On others, I’ve fought with a loud, kicking toddler for four exhausting hours. Believe me, it’s not fun. I’ve experienced the anxious, dreading sideline glances...

So you have children or you work with kids on the regular AND…they like to read. I don’t know about you, but it always does my heart good to see a child thumbing through the pages of a book. I love seeing the light in their eyes when they get excited about a character or setting. There’s nothing quite like the glee and giggles they exude when reading to themselves. And as a love for reading grows, so does the need for a nice place to put all of these books. I’ve assembled a list of some of the best...

You pride yourself on being a car seat pro. You’re going to keep your kid rear-facing for as long as possible because you know it’s the safest thing to do. You’ve researched the best car seats and you’ve read the manual. You even swallowed your pride and let your partner have one of the hunks down at the fire station install it properly. Now, if you could only get your freakin’ toddler to sit in the damn thing: Please, kid! Poppa will buy you a puppy covered in ice cream with a side of PAW Patrol! Just stop struggling!No matter...

Parents, the hot weather is coming, and you probably feel like you need more water toys like you need more LEGO bricks underfoot. We get it! But, to guarantee a summer of fun in your backyard oasis, you might want a few new pool toys and pool floats to throw into the mix. We’ve scoured the web to find some of the coolest ones out there, and trust us, you might even be tempted to try them out. From a super backyard water slide to an obstacle course/wading pool, keep reading to see them all.  Save these ideas on Pinterest...

Some travel experiences are worth the splurge (such as using miles to fly in Emirates first class and spending a long weekend at Alila Ventana Big Sur using points). Now that I have successfully completed a 31-hour itinerary from Los Angeles to Bali, Indonesia, with my daughter along for the journey, I can say with absolute certainty that redeeming miles for business-class seats when flying with a toddler is absolutely worth it. When our daughter, Indah, was younger and not yet so mobile, we survived flying to Cape Town from Los Angeles in economy … barely. I think Indah, and...