String Games and String Figures
My daughter and her friends are having fantastic fun doing string games (also known as string figures) which seems to be the latest craze at school. Although I had a vague recollection of performing things like the Cat's Cradle and Jacobs Ladder myself in the school yard I did not feel equipped to deal with the inevitable queries for help. This lens is for all you parents who need to brush up on your skills and any budding enthusiasts. Below are the best resources I found to set you on your w...

Nurturing Imagination
Building Character in Your Little Characters
When my boys turned 7 and 4, a dear friend gave them each one of the best gifts theyve ever received.  They were capes, homemade capes made from a silky king-sized bed sheet she had picked up at a yard sale.  The capes were copper-colored and trimmed with colorful binding, making them rather exotic-looking and perfect to use to play dress-up.  Over the years, the capes were used to turn my boys into Batman and Robin, two of the three wise men, and many more characters, most ones that they in...

The Parents Guide to Tamagotchis
Many of you will be buying these virtual pets for your children or will find your child the recipient of one. This lens is to help parents survive the envitable frustrations of figuring out how to care for these pets!  Version 4 is out now! Hot Tip! How to pause your Tamagotchi. This prevents your Tamagotchi from passing away if you can't attend to it for a period of time. To pause hold down the left button and press the middle button. The word pause will then appear on the screen. To unpause...