Parenting Bytes

After the Atlanta shootings, Chinese-American blogger, teacher, and tech expert Leticia Barr published a hugely helpful article about concrete steps people can take now to help stop Asian hate, and w…

Are you a parent wondering which college scholarships are legit and which are scams? How do you get a scholarship to college without spending hours and hours on applications? We've got an expert on t…

Thanks to lockdowns and Zoom school, kids are spending an unprecedented amount of time on screens. So how do you handle screen time rules when those screens might be your kid's only connection to the…

New Year's resolutions are kind of dumb. They're difficult to stick to, because if you mess up and break them, it's easy to give up until next year! Instead, we have intentions for 2021, which are mu…

The Constitution is referenced a lot, especially when arguing on Facebook about the Supreme Court. But how well do you understand it? We're talking with author and professor Katie Kennedy about her n…

Just like the rest of this strange year, the December holidays are going to be different. Cookies will be mailed instead of laid out on a buffet table. Dinners will be intimate and safe. And to help …

Resilient kids don't just come out that way! We can help them get through tough times in a way that makes them even stronger. 

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This is going to be a sad Thanksgiving for a lot of people, including us. We're talking about what we usually do for Thanksgiving, and what we're doing this year instead, and how you can make this Th…

Michael Bonebright from DealNews.com is joining us once again for a Black Friday Deals episode, where he shares his expertise on holiday shopping during a pandemic. 

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The Constitution is referenced a lot, especially when arguing on Facebook about the Supreme Court. But how well do you understand it? We're talking with author and professor Katie Kennedy about her n…

There are so many great reasons to listen to audiobooks, and we sat down with Abby West, an Editorial Director at Audible, to talk about some exciting things happening right now in the world of audio…

It's almost Halloween, and since nothing is normal this year, nobody quite knows what to do about trick-or-treating. 

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It's election season. We're still in lockdown. We needed a break from the doom and gloom, so it's an entire episode filled with happy things to do during quarantine!

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Do you want to learn a language, but think you're too old? Are you looking for language apps for your kids? We talked with an expert at Duolingo, and she gave us some great tips for learning a new la…

With many districts turning to virtual school or a blended in-person/online school model, this school year is going to be very different for most families, so we turned to someone whose kids have bee…

Teaching kids to drive can be super stressful, so we've got tips for you from a safety engineer!

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Even though we're a year out from the next presidential election, "fake news" is already in the news, whether it's Russia trying to sway low-information voters, Facebook allowing political ads with b…