If you fret about the amount of time your kids are spending with TV, an easy way to turn this to a positive (instead of lowering the “no more TV boom”) is to sit and watch with them. Yes, I know you wanted to “get something done” while your kids watched, and this tactic does defeat that purpose. But at least you get an enjoyable rest period, and you can feel good that your child is learning more.

According to David Dutwin, Ph.D., author of Unplug Your Kids (Adams Media, 2009), studies show…

A simple thought/question as we approach the weekend: Should cell phones be banned from the bedroom during sleepovers? This hadn’t occurred to me until another parent brought it up, but as I thought about it, it made good sense. Even the best kid can lose good judgment in a group. Especially a group behind closed doors. Especially when holding a way to reach way beyond those doors.

What kind of trouble can kids get into as a group, holed up in a bedroom with a phone, that they wouldn’t on…

What’s will be on your kids’ holiday wish lists this year? This week Nintendo announced games scheduled for release this fall.

Highlights include Wii Fit™ Plus (Oct. 4) and New Super Mario Bros.™ Wii (holiday 2009). These games will join the current hot seller, Wii Sports Resort™, which comes with the precision-control Wii MotionPlus™ accessory. In the portable games category, Pokémon™ Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky (Oct. 12), Style Savvy™ (Nov. 2) and The Legend of Zelda™: Spirit Tracks (Dec. 7) in addition to the just-released Mario & Luigi™: Bowser’s Inside Story,…

Sorting through the infinite Internet can be a full-time job, and you don’t have time for this (which is not to say we all don’t get sucked into it from time to time). I’m offering up some of my favorite sites that are either written about parenting or by parents. Enjoy!

Parent Hacks - Who doesn’t need a few tips to make parenting easier? Submitted by parents, for parents.

Common Sense Media – This Web site features tons of sensible (parent-oriented) reviews of TV shows, games and movies for kids…