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Coaches brawling on the 50-yard line. Parents fighting in the stands. Young athletes pushed to the point of burnout, or worse, injury before they’re even in high school. To say that youth sports have changed over the last few decades is an understatement. What started as a way for kids to have fun after school has been co-opted into a $15 billion a year industry in which parents are obsessed with college scholarships, elite-level clubs turn big profits, and a win-at-all-cost mentality threatens to undercut many of the positive lessons sports are intended to teach.Skye Arthur-Banning is an associate professor...

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Being a mom means that you reach the point of a school year where you just need the year to be done. You need a break. Of course, that is usually when the panic sets in because once school is over, we are most likely going to hear the dreaded phrase, "I'm booooooooored!" no less than 500 times per kid every day. Thankfully, this has arrived just in time. 100 Days of Adventure - Greta EskridgeTurn off the screen and turn on the creativity as second-generation homeschooling mom Greta Eskridge shares 100 hands-on learning activities for kids that will connect and...

From teaching manners to leading dinosaur-themed adventures to helping vacuum crumbs off the floor, Amazon Alexa offers all kinds of skills to educate, occupy, and entertain kids. Hell, there’s even one that will make her fart, and what kid could resist that? But with 30,000 skills available in the US alone, no parent has the time to browse them all in search of hidden gems. Which is why did it for you. Focusing on popular skills kids can use with an Amazon Echo or Dot, with or without the help of an adult, we found 10 really cool ones that are either...

In December 2019, before the world fell into viral chaos, my family of four embarked on a homesteading project. For a decade prior to the release of my novel — about a post-apocalyptic mutual aid society — I’d spent countless hours researching doomsday prepping and communal living. After the book was published, I realized I didn’t actually know how to do any of the practical things I’d so painstakingly described. Far from self-sufficient, I watched my 5-year-old son’s tinkering skills surpass my own.Determined to overreact, I decided to transform my family’s 3.5-acre woodland plot outside of Charlottesville, Virginia into a sustainable...