by Daphne | Oct 29, 2016 | Family Fun Facts
I suspect during the next year, we will see a surge in baby names influenced by the presidential election. The most popular baby names in any given year are usually directly correlated with what is happening in the world. I remember the emergence and popularity of the...
by Daphne | Jul 24, 2016 | Family Fun Facts, Health & Safety for Children
The past few weeks, I have noticed children and adults roaming public places with their heads down and eyes glued to their phones. Yes, they are “playing” the latest device craze, Pokemon Go! While some argue a waste of time, others promote it as “getting kids out of...
by Daphne | Jul 14, 2016 | Family Fun Facts, Travel: Affordable Family-Friendly Tips
I used to think a real vacation meant months of planning, carefully honing in on thee perfect place to schlep the family that would be exciting enough for a four year old, cool enough for a 9 year old, yet interesting for us adults. We wanted a memory that could...
by Daphne | Jun 16, 2016 | behavior, Family Fun Facts, Travel: Affordable Family-Friendly Tips
Ahh the fun of family vacation. As a child, we never took extravagant trips, but we always took some trip. We were a family of modest means and my father worked as a general manager in the city grocery store. This was before the mega-stores made their way in town and...
by Daphne | Feb 29, 2016 | Family Fun Facts
I recently attended an event held at a shopping mall that hosted over 3,000 kids ranging in age from 7 to 12 years old. These were, for the most part, representative of the average middle class American family. Unfortunately, and collectively, so was the behavior....