Family

  • Little brother and sisters back in the eighties on a birthday party

    18 Vintage Photos of Middle-Class Birthdays in the 1980s

    ‘Go big or go home’ seemed to have been the motto of birthday parties in the 1980s. Every party, whether for a 3-year-old or an adult, was themed, and families regularly broke out the ice cream cakes, paper party hats,…

  • Electronic games from the Milton Bradley company, circa 1980. On the left is the deduction game Comp IV. On the right is Simon, a memory game, in which players have to repeat increasingly complex random sequences of lights and sounds.

    50 Toy Fads That Have Driven Parents Crazy Over the Years

    The right toys can create the person your child ends up becoming (some of those toys you might remember from growing up). They can also turn you into a raving lunatic, depending on how annoying the toys are. Think you’re…

  • Baby Powder Recall

    Baby Powder Recalled in 35 States Over Asbestos Concerns — Here’s What to Know

    Picture this: You grab the container of baby powder and unknowingly cover your infant in asbestos. Unfortunately, that’s the image the latest product recall conjures up. The U.S. Food & Drug Administration just announced that a baby powder recall due…

  • woman applying face paint to child in cat costume

    10 Halloween Face Paints to Make at Home

    It’s almost costume season again, and Halloween face paint is a fun addition to any festive disguise. But rather than head to the costume store for supplies, why not concoct your own at home? It’s easy enough that kids can…

  • Lunch box with vegetables, fruits and sandwich for school

    50 Super Easy Back-to-School Lunches

    School is  back in session in most places, and it isn’t just a drag for kids. Packing lunches takes enough time and planning to make it tempting to send kids off to school with lunch money instead. But packing a…

  • Sick girl on a school bus

    11 Ways to Beat Back Back-to-School Germs

    When kids start a new school year, they also start sharing bacteria and viruses, which the pandemic made painfully clear. But there are ways to stop at least some germs from making your family miserable and complicating its schedule with…