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“The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.” – Dorothy Parker Boredom improves creativity Before addressing questions about nurturing, navigating and/or mitigating boredom, I think it’s important to identify the state of mind we’re talking about. Too often we think of “boredom” as a passive deficit state – “nothing to do” […]

Amidst historic wildfires and a global pandemic, virtual worlds hold an understandable appeal. Yet, many parents fear that videogames pose risks of their own – that these all-too enticing digital ecosystems may interfere with children’s healthy emotional, physical, and cognitive development. Indeed, parents have struggled to manage their kid’s videogame play, even before COVID-19 relegated […]

Southern California is a year-round outdoor kind of place, but spring is still a great excuse to visit our beautiful local gardens. Here are seven of the best L.A. gardens for kids. South Coast Botanic Garden This Rancho Palos Verdes oasis covers 87 lush acres with more than 2,500 different species of plants, plus rabbits, […]

We live in a state that is blessed with a year-round growing season, but spring is undeniably the best time to visit many of California’s small farms. Even here bountiful SoCal, many farms are closed to the public during the winter, and the summer months can be too hot and dusty to make for a […]

Summer camp is a great way to keep education rolling by offering kids lessons in social skills, encouraging them to develop new interests and interact with the world outside the classroom.  If you’re interested in pushing your kids’ learning beyond the four walls of a building, we’ve rounded up a few nature camps to get […]

Candice Dickens-Russell raises her family in L.A., where Candice herself grew up. Having served as the regional director for environmental education for the State of California Department of Education, on the Blueprint for Environmental Literacy Taskforce and on the board of Friends of the LA River where she now works, she understands the significance of […]

Earth Day is on Friday, April 22, but we can celebrate our home planet all month long. We’ve rounded up 10 ways to celebrate Earth Day in L.A., online or at home with these fun Earth Day and nature-themed events and activities. Expand your knowledge Kids Gardening will host a virtual For Kids By Kids […]

Give me city or give me rural. Dirt or grit. I love the city — its gleaming towers and, especially, its graffitied guts where a kaleidoscope of cultures collide. But there’s a country girl inside me, too — a lover of starry skies and rich soil, of silence and the kind of sustenance you can […]

Editor’s Note: We know, we know. It’s only January, and we’re already talking about summer camp. But if you act now, you can often take advantage of early bird registration discounts, and you won’t find yourself scrambling late spring, trying to figure out what to do with the kids this summer. Happy planning! Not every child thrives […]

By Cassandra Lane While spring of 2020 feels like one big blur, a few images stand starkly in our collective memory: virtual celebrations of Easter and Passover. While many churches and synagogues still are not open this season, we have all had more time to plan events and activities with fresh eyes and renewed creativity.  […]