Kidlet and I have been lately binging on Looney Tunes on Netflix, a) because Looney Tunes is awesome and 2) because currently Netflix has about 8 hours of solid Looney Tunes available. It’s all around win. My son laughs at these like I’ve only ever heard him laugh reading Calvin & Hobbes comic books. We’re talking…
How to Teach Kids to Not Be Bullies Online (+ Win a Copy of Kindness Wins!)
I’ve been online since the dawn of the graphical browser, and its amazing how much the internet has changed. But what’s also amazing is how much it has also stayed the same in so many ways–bullies have been online, writ large, since the days that the internet was strictly text-only. But in my day, I…
Why Eggs Explode but You Should Eat Them Anyway
My friend, Olga, has guest posted here before. She’s expressed an interest in contributing more frequently, and so I’m happy to introduce her as a regular guest blogger here on FoodRetro! –Anne Since you’ll be seeing more of me on FoodRetro, I thought I’d introduce myself properly. My name is Olga. If you’re interested in reading…
Parents: 10 Life-changing Movies on Netflix Your Millennial Kids Must Watch #StreamTeam
As a film school nerd married to a film buff, I’d argue that my six-year-old has already had a somewhat unconventional upbringing when it comes to popular cinema–we’ve plopped him in front of virtually every appropriate 80s and 90s movie (and even a few less appropriate ones) that we could get our hands on. Movies have…
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Monster Jam – Not Just for the Boys
What with my son being bullied over having a purple backpack earlier this week, I’m a little sensitive right now to issues of gender bias. I can’t believe we seem to have forgotten everything we’ve learned from the 1980s when everything we thought we knew about fashion, hair, and makeup was deconstructed, and both boys and…
How a Purple Backpack and My Son Taught Me a Lesson in Being Unbreakable
The look on my six-year-old’s face let me know that it wasn’t a good day. Moms can tell. Unfortunately, I also had an idea what might be wrong. You see, I was recently gifted a brand new Jansport backpack. A lovely, bright purple backpack. It was part of a promotional package for the Netflix show The Unbreakable…
Netflix and Daredevil: Daring to be Different #StreamTeam
My dad has compulsion; it manifests itself in the collection of… things. He’s done stamps, rocks, photography equipment, antique watches, Honiton lace, guitars, comics, coins, guns, jewelry, and flow-blue china. These are the ones I know about–there’s probably dozens of ones I don’t. The problem with my dad’s passing obsessions is that he’ll lose interest in…
Minecraft is Shoving My Son Into the Digital Age and I’m Not Ready
If there was ever something that I thought might try to wrestle the parenting reins away from me, I never, never once thought that it might be Minecraft. Instead, what started as a blocky-looking creative builder game swiftly evolved into the bane of my husband’s and my existence. A few of my son’s classmates played,…