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Who doesn’t love Amazon Prime? While some stores may claim to have comparable deals, the benefits you’ll get with your Amazon Prime membership are pretty unparalleled. Two-hour grocery delivery, movies you can watch for free anytime, even subscription boxes for the kids—being an Amazon Prime member comes with some legit perks you just can’t get anywhere else. Whether you’re a long-time member or new to the awesomeness that is Amazon Prime, check out all the Prime perks that you absolutely, positively NEED to know about. photo: Courtesy of Amazon Alexa Voice Shopping If you have an Alexa-enabled device such as...

James A. Garfield High School in Seattle is a place where you can feel the history thrum throughout the hallways. Quincy Jones and Jimi Hendrix were students here. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke on the grounds. It’s always been a fulcrum of debate, culture, and big-time high school sports. It makes sense that the first place in the country that saw entire teams take a knee was at Garfield. But it wasn’t all garlands and glory. Their football coach at the time, Joey Thomas, was at the heart of what went down. He’s now coaching in Florida, and the...

NOTE FOR 2021 READERS: This is the 18th in a series of award-winning open letters to the next century, now just one generation away. Kids born this year in the U.S., and nearly 50 other countries, are expected to live to 2100 and beyond. Dear 22nd Century examines likely scenarios for their future, and how we can make the best one happen. Dear 22nd century: So, how was school today? Of all the areas where we could measure progress between the 2020s and the 2100s, none seems more up in the air right now than education. The pandemic forced us...

Our son’s birthday IS the cut-off date for Kindergarten. We couldn’t get any closer to him being absolutely the youngest in his class -- IF we decide to start him as a 4-year-old for the first few days of the school year. If there were a parent readiness checklist, we would meet the criteria: tired of paying preschool tuition? Check! Want all three kids at the same school? Check! But of course we want to do the right thing by our son, and though we have almost certainly decided to go for it, I don’t want to overlook some harbinger...

Amazon has a fun new deal today! Hop on over to Amazon where you can score this ThinkFun Gravity Maze Marble Run Brain Game for only $17.99 (regularly $29.99)! This gravity-powered maze game features 60 challenges that vary in difficulty from beginner to expert and it comes with super simple instructions so that you will be able to play within minutes of opening the box! This game is great to help develop critical thinking skills and boost STEM subjects including science and engineering! This would make such a great gift idea for the kiddos! Not sure about this game? Check...