Whether you’re hosting, guesting, or just hanging out this holiday season, here are 10 apps to make your holly a bit more jolly, put more figgy in your pudding, and make you shine like a Food Network STAR! Cooking 1. How to Cook Everything App If you are a fan of New York Times columnist Mark […]
Teachable Moments with Marble Jar, the Positive Parenting App
When you start thinking of parenting in terms of an overall context and an end goal, as I have recently started to do with Marble Jar, certain behaviors suddenly go from being an aggravation to a teachable moment. Realizing that things aren’t necessarily about being “bad” as opposed to “good”, we’ve shifted the conversations to the difference […]
Goodnight iPad: A Modern Take on Goodnight Moon
On my children’s bookcase, there is a tatter copy of Margaret Wise Brown’s Goodnight Moon. It arrived as a baby gift for my first born and has been a well-loved bedtime favorite in my house ever since. Over the years, I’ve seen various iterations of this book, including Goodnight Goon and Good Night San Francisco, but its latest revamp gives this […]
The Parenting Philosophy Behind the Marble Jar App
Marble Jar is a clever little parenting app inspired by Parenting On Track™, a program that emphasizes the relationship strategies for guiding children towards positive behaviors, rather than quick-fixes and behavioral controls. The goal is to teach parents practical and collaborative methods that encourage every member of the family to participate in the life of the family, according to […]
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