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The everyday squabbling, like arguing over whose squish ball it is, really wears you down. Here's what we've tried, including the thing that backfired.

Flipping the board, throwing cards, loud accusations of cheating. Between the kids in our extended family I've seen it all. Here's what's actually helped.

I watched Cheez TV every morning before school and still went surfing when it was sunny. Screens aren't new. What's new is apps built so a kid can't put them...

A parenting course told me to do unstructured, child led play. In theory I loved it. In practice my kid kept telling me I was doing it wrong. Here's what...

I have two kids, 7 and 9. Over the last two years we've played hundreds of games of cards. Here are the four that have been the most fun, and...