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Disconnect The Digital Babysitter
Trade the device for face-to-face time, touch and movement
Bringing Home Baby: Let A Postpartum Care Specialist Help
Corey Engmann never considered hiring a postpartum doula until she learned she was expecting twins.
Birthday Parties That Give Back
Start a new tradition with a charitable birthday bash
Party! On The Farm
It’s time to swap ‘I want a pony’ with ‘I want to paint a pony!’
Ocracoke Island
Explore North Carolina’s most remote inhabited island
Tim Wallace Cartographer
Tim Wallace is a modern-day cartographer. In other words, he spends his days creating maps. To prepare for that career, Wallace earned a PhD in geography from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. While earning his degree, Wallace worked at The New York Times, where he created thousands of maps on a wide variety of topics. These included the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, which made landfall in Houston in 2017; the territory controlled by terrorist group ISIS; and the results of elections. He recently started a new job as geographer and visual journalist at Descartes Labs, a company that collects data from different sources to help people and businesses better understand the planet.
Search & Rescue Kids
Using maps to find lost people
Match Mythical Creatures With Real Marine Life
Match mythical creatures with real marine life.
All Maps Are Wrong But Many Are Useful
It is an inarguable mathematical fact that every map is a lie.
Urban Geocaching
Treasure Right Under Your Nose
Picturing Our Planet
Tracing (Roughly) 15,000 Years Of Mapmaking
Multicolored Maps
Maps of the United States often show the states in different colors. In general, mapmakers use enough colors to make sure states that touch are never the same color.
How (And Why) Banks Handle Money
How (and why) banks handle money
The Future Of Money
From the gold standard to virtual tokens
How Sweet Is Voice Shopping?
Your Tech
Lessons From Movie Night
Many of my favorite childhood movies don’t resonate quite the same with my kids as they did with me.
Vacation Accommodations: House Or Hotel?
Hotels and short-term rentals each offer pros and cons for family getaways. A mom and grandmother who travel with kids share their insights.
Untangling The Entitlement Trap
How to raise grateful, gracious kids
Time To Ditch The Smartphone Contract
Building strong digital citizens does not begin with a smartphone contract
Get To Know: Ejona Angjeli-Liberti
Ejona Angjeli-Liberti is the network deployment and operations lead at Google Fiber in Charlotte.
A Day At The Ballet
It’s never to early to introduce children to performing arts
The Barbie Doll
On the eve of her 60th birthday, a look at. America's most primped, perfect and polarizing plaything.
How Summer Camp Can Help Your Child Become A Leader!
How summer camp can help your child become a leader
The Magic Of Family Camp
Tune out the rest of the world and tune in to what really matters.
Stepping Stones
Guiding children toward independence.
Get To Know: Rachel Roff
Rachel Roff is the founder of Urban Skin Solutions, a medical spa and laser center, and the skincare product line Urban Skin Rx. She and her daughter Rosie, 6, live in Dilworth
Exceeding Expectations
Consistency and patience pay off.
4 Tips To Help Your 'Child With Special Needs'
See past the challenges to enjoy the possibilities
How To Help Children Set And Achieve Goals
Helping children set and achieve goals
How Schools Balance Technology And Set Guidelines In A Digital World
How schools balance technology and set guidelines in a digital world