entertainment
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The best New Year’s countdown videos for kids that help you get them in bed before midnight!
Read Essay →: The best New Year’s countdown videos for kids that help you get them in bed before midnight!If you’re celebrating New Year’s Eve at home with kids, and you can’t wait until real midnight to get them…
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Not into audiobooks? Here’s the one thing that finally changed my mind.
Read Essay →: Not into audiobooks? Here’s the one thing that finally changed my mind.It took me longer than most people to get into audiobooks. Even while friends raved about flying through so many…
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The Snowy Day: the Opera. How to stream it free with the kids over break
Read Essay →: The Snowy Day: the Opera. How to stream it free with the kids over breakFor those of you who also grew up with Ezra Jack Keats’s magical The Snowy Day, you can imagine my…
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12 practical tech gifts to help get us through another long winter | Holiday Tech Gifts
Read Essay →: 12 practical tech gifts to help get us through another long winter | Holiday Tech GiftsNot everyone loves a big, splurgey, outrageous tech gift — some of us are happy with practical tech gifts. Especially…
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The best apps for road trips with kids: Map apps, entertainment apps, even restroom finder apps!
Read Essay →: The best apps for road trips with kids: Map apps, entertainment apps, even restroom finder apps!I’m grateful for this list of the best apps for road trips with kids, because it turns out, I’m not…
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5 fun YouTube Kids Halloween video playlists and channels to get your kids in the spirit!
Read Essay →: 5 fun YouTube Kids Halloween video playlists and channels to get your kids in the spirit!Here are some fun Halloween-themed playlists that your kids may enjoy on YouTube. Yes, YouTube. Now that YouTube Kids has…
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How to stream the 2020 Tokyo Olympics if you’ve cut the cable cord. (Psst: it’s easy, and cheap.)
Read Essay →: How to stream the 2020 Tokyo Olympics if you’ve cut the cable cord. (Psst: it’s easy, and cheap.)This year, we want to stream the 2020 Tokyo Olympics but of course, we happened to have cut our cable…
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Here’s where to watch all the 2021 Oscars best picture nominees
Read Essay →: Here’s where to watch all the 2021 Oscars best picture nomineesIn a typical Oscars year, I’m pretty much an expert on the (ahem) animated film category, but when it comes…
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3 cool ways to try new board games online or play old favorites with friends
Read Essay →: 3 cool ways to try new board games online or play old favorites with friendsWe’re huge board game geeks in my family. Our stack of strategy games is up to the ceiling. And while…
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12 escapist podcasts to help you get away — even if you don’t leave your living room
Read Essay →: 12 escapist podcasts to help you get away — even if you don’t leave your living roomAnyone else need a little break from the grindiest grind that is pandemic existence with small children? Or pandemic existence…
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6 great Apple TV+ original shows to try, if you’re still on the fence about subscribing
Read Essay →: 6 great Apple TV+ original shows to try, if you’re still on the fence about subscribingHave you been wondering if there are enough Apple TV+ original shows to make it worth adding another streaming service…
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7 of the best video games to play together as a family
Read Essay →: 7 of the best video games to play together as a familyWho else is looking for the best video games to play as a family this holiday? To me, these family-friendly…
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Is this the end of the movie theater? 6 gift ideas for families setting up a home movie theater this year.
Read Essay →: Is this the end of the movie theater? 6 gift ideas for families setting up a home movie theater this year.Did you all see the huge announcement from Warner Bros. yesterday? For 2021, they’ll be streaming all their new release…
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All the HBO apps and services, explained. Because we’re confused too.
Read Essay →: All the HBO apps and services, explained. Because we’re confused too.Anyone else confused about the HBO offerings? There’s HBO Go, HBO Max, HBO Now, HBO Later (Okay, I just made…
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Disney+ adds a watch party feature, just in time for The Mandalorian season 2
Read Essay →: Disney+ adds a watch party feature, just in time for The Mandalorian season 2Since 2020 has precluded in-person watch parties, I was glad to see Disney step up their game with GroupWatch. Just…
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Here’s what you need to know about Twitch Watch Parties (Think Netflix Party, but… on Twitch)
Read Essay →: Here’s what you need to know about Twitch Watch Parties (Think Netflix Party, but… on Twitch)Just last week, Twitch launched Watch Parties, a feature that allows Twitch creators to watch Prime Video TV shows and…
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4 awesome home projectors for a fab backyard movie night
Read Essay →: 4 awesome home projectors for a fab backyard movie nightAnyone else missing trips to your local movie theater? I know I am, which is why I’ve been researching the…
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6 unexpected rom-coms on Netflix that you can watch with the family on Valentine’s Day
Read Essay →: 6 unexpected rom-coms on Netflix that you can watch with the family on Valentine’s DayWhat you do after the kids are in bed on Valentine’s Day — that’s your business. What you do while…
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14 Netflix fake ball drop shows to trick your kids into an early bedtime this New Year’s Eve
Read Essay →: 14 Netflix fake ball drop shows to trick your kids into an early bedtime this New Year’s EveThe Netflix fake ball drop has been a total parents’ New Year’s Eve lifesaver for us. If you haven’t heard…
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Where to find A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving streaming for free this year. Because, tradition.
Read Essay →: Where to find A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving streaming for free this year. Because, tradition.We have a few Thanksgiving traditions in our family: mom’s pumpkin pie, a turkey that’s never quite ready when we…