Unplugging Together: How to Make Family Travel Tech-Free
Learn how to design a tech-free family vacation that strengthens bonds and creates meaningful memories. Practical strategies for unplugging together.
Budget Family Travel: Creating Memories Without Breaking the Bank
Save money on family travel without sacrificing memories. Learn practical strategies for budget-friendly trips that strengthen family bonds and create lasting experiences.
Family Travel as Connection and Growth: Building Memories While Staying Grounded
Travel connects families by removing routine and creating space for presence. Discover how family travel builds resilience, memories, and deeper bonds.
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Create an Online Scrapbook for Your Family with KidJot – and Get a Year FREE!
Does it really matter to you how annoyed your friend is when she posts on Facebook how loud the person next to her is at the coffee shop? Or how your friend feels after staying out too late? But if you have a funny story about what your kid did, don’t you want to share it? And…
Weird Ward
We had lots of schoolteachers growing up. Their quality varied greatly. The best ones taught us life lessons that still guide us years later. Today’s FamilyFirst site is devoted to a teacher like that. His name is Pat Ward. He taught chemistry at East Central High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma (is that Oklahoma really necessary?…
Classic 45’s
You grew up with them. Well, if you’re forty or older, you grew up with them. I’m talking about 45’s, those discs of vinyl designed to be spun at precisely 45 revolutions per minute, while a needle traces its way towards the center and translates the grooves into music. And music from a 45 sounds…
The People History
I love history. If there’s nothing to watch on the idiot box, I’m liable to just settle on the History Channel, or one of its clones. I’ve always been fascinated by the past, and if I happen to remember the events, personally, that makes it even better. As you are probably painfully aware, I have…
Don Markstein’s Toonopedia
Well, once again, research for my own gig, I Remember JFK, has led to a FamilyFirst pick. I wrote a column on my memories of the Sunday funnies. That led me to this killer site which is packed with info about strips that have long passed from memory, as well as ones that continue to…
The Monkees Home Page
It was a bizarre idea. Run an ad in the paper seeking four hungry musicians. Pick out four from the applicants, and select them based on their camera-worthiness. Have them perform together on a weekly TV comedy. What are the odds that such an incredible scenario could ever work? Pretty long, I’m sure, but they…
Shutterfly
Want an easy, free way to share online photos? Check out today’s FamilyFirst site. It’s called Shutterfly. Here’s their mission: In a snapshot, Shutterfly makes it fun and easy to be thoughtful and creative with your memories. From start to finish, we make it easy to enhance, share and store your digital photos. We also…
