Videos

Children Lie — Why, the Effects, and What We Can Do

No one likes being lied to, but children have a special relationship with and understanding of lying.

According to Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman in NurtureShock, children “are much more disapproving of lies and…

Stand Tall, Read Fiction, & Accept That While Today Might Suck, You’ll Get Through It

Self-doubt can make us question who we are. We can recognize and revel in these lows, accept where we are, and change our mindset with things as simple as how we stand and what we…

Toddler Yoga. Cue Giggles.

I never thought I’d have a 2-year old daughter who loves to do yoga. There. I said it. I must seem super hipster to be encouraging my daughter to do yoga.

There’s a good reason for it: her regular gym classes were full when it was time to register a few…

The (super cute) Octonauts TV Series

If you’re looking for an educational, entertaining show to watch, I recommend Octonauts, an animated kids’ show focused on learning about the ocean and its inhabitants. I access it via Netflix, and if you have cable, I believe it’s also on Disney Jr. There are also…

Creativity and Bufflebum

When putting their daughter to bed, Nick Wilkie and his wife sometimes make up stories for her, especially if she doesn’t want to pick a book to read.

Sharing the experience and love of reading has been important to their relationships. As Nick told me, “I…

Reading Rainbow’s uTech!

I am so excited, ridiculously excited: Reading Rainbow has started a video series on YouTube’s new platform for kids, YouTube Kids, called uTech. The series “is designed to do for kids and technology today what the Classic Reading Rainbow series did for kids and reading 32 years ago…

Sharing a Video: Is Santa Real (a scientific analysis) by It’s Okay to Be Smart

Every so often I watch an online video with my daughter. I have a few YouTube subscriptions that tend towards science-y sorts of things, so I can bring something up pretty fast. One of the…