Kids

Portland-area kids are getting help with school clothes, thanks to Assistance League: Season of Sharing 2022

Portland-area kids are getting help with school clothes, thanks to Assistance League: Season of Sharing 2022

As any serious student of human beings knows, it’s what’s on the inside that matters most. But sometimes something nice to wear on the outside can also make a big difference on the inside. The more than 160 volunteers of the Assistance League of Greater Portland know this very well. In the past school year, …

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This app encourages kids to get moving through games on their phones

This app encourages kids to move through games on their phones

When Andrew Hall, the UK-based developer behind GenMove, was developing the app, he thought of creating a solution for kids to exercise in an engaging way without taking their smartphone away. This thought led to the development of GenMove, which encourages children to move outside or in their bedroom with their already familiar phones. “Maybe …

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Ben introduces Mew to Amelia

Kids’ reaction to dad having a hairless kitten has the internet hysterical

Footage of two children shocked and confused by their dad’s new hairless kitten has the internet hysterical. In a clip shared on TikTok by user Lea Hoover (@mew_thenakedkitty), her stepchildren Amelia and Baron meet Mew, the couple’s new Sphynx cat, for the first time. Photos of Ben introducing Mew the kitten to Amelia. She and …

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I raised 2 successful CEOs and a doctor.  Here's the #1 skill I wish more parents were teaching their kids today.

I raised 2 successful CEOs and a doctor. Here’s the #1 skill I wish more parents were teaching their kids today.

Developing skills like curiosity, kindness, and emotional intelligence at a young age will help kids succeed as adults. But there’s one skill parents aren’t teaching their kids enough today: self-regulation. When children learn to self-regulate, they better understand the importance of time and how to manage their own behaviors and actions. This is something I …

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Three generations of children meeting Santa

Mall Santas making three generations of kids cry Internet hysteria

A collage of photos showing Santa Claus traumatizing three generations of children has the internet hysterical. In a post shared on Reddit’s Aww forum on Nov. 28, user John Usher (u/upandattem) shared a collage of photos of his wife, daughter, and grandson as children sitting on the Santa’s lap. Although the images are taken years …

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