I test gadgets for a living, but my favorite gadget this year has easily been a digital calendar. I’ve tried everything from the popular Skylight Calendar to other brands you might not have heard of if you haven’t hunted the internet like I have. These handy tools take the contents of many popular calendar apps—Google
New York City was home to my husband and me for six years before we had kids and moved to Asheville, and it will forever be a place that holds so much for us. That’s why when the timing, cost, and opportunity aligned for our family of four to vacation there for a week recently,
Before I became a mother, I thought I knew a lot about children. I had a master’s degree in child development and instructional technology and media. I had spent years studying how young children learned, processed information, and obtained mastery over a concept. When I co-created Blue’s Clues, we wanted a show built around one
Never miss a story or episode from Life Kit. Sign up for our weekly newsletter to get our journalism delivered directly to your inbox. Your toddler is whining for apple juice. Your big kid is asking for more screen time. Your boss is pinging you with a last-minute request. All of a sudden, your nervous system is
I was born and raised in New York City and moved to Italy when I was 24 years old. For a little over twelve years, Italy has been my home, and I’ve built a life here. I have two children, an 8-year-old daughter and a 3-year-old son. Both of them have spent their entire lives
There are a few questions in my household that irritate me more than “What’s for dinner?” I think it’s the casual assumption that I have created a meal plan for the week, done all the food shopping and prep, and gotten dinner on the table at exactly the time everyone wants it, all while trying
