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Disconnect The Digital Babysitter

Trade the device for face-to-face time, touch and movement

Bringing Home Baby: Let A Postpartum Care Specialist Help

Corey Engmann never considered hiring a postpartum doula until she learned she was expecting twins.

Birthday Parties That Give Back

Start a new tradition with a charitable birthday bash

Party! On The Farm

It’s time to swap ‘I want a pony’ with ‘I want to paint a pony!’

Ocracoke Island

Explore North Carolina’s most remote inhabited island

Tim Wallace Cartographer

Tim Wallace is a modern-day cartographer. In other words, he spends his days creating maps. To prepare for that career, Wallace earned a PhD in geography from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. While earning his degree, Wallace worked at The New York Times, where he created thousands of maps on a wide variety of topics. These included the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, which made landfall in Houston in 2017; the territory controlled by terrorist group ISIS; and the results of elections. He recently started a new job as geographer and visual journalist at Descartes Labs, a company that collects data from different sources to help people and businesses better understand the planet.

Search & Rescue Kids

Using maps to find lost people

Match Mythical Creatures With Real Marine Life

Match mythical creatures with real marine life.

All Maps Are Wrong But Many Are Useful

It is an inarguable mathematical fact that every map is a lie.

Urban Geocaching

Treasure Right Under Your Nose

Picturing Our Planet

Tracing (Roughly) 15,000 Years Of Mapmaking

Multicolored Maps

Maps of the United States often show the states in different colors. In general, mapmakers use enough colors to make sure states that touch are never the same color.

How (And Why) Banks Handle Money

How (and why) banks handle money

The Future Of Money

From the gold standard to virtual tokens

How Sweet Is Voice Shopping?

Your Tech

Lessons From Movie Night

Many of my favorite childhood movies don’t resonate quite the same with my kids as they did with me.

Vacation Accommodations: House Or Hotel?

Hotels and short-term rentals each offer pros and cons for family getaways. A mom and grandmother who travel with kids share their insights.

Untangling The Entitlement Trap

How to raise grateful, gracious kids

Time To Ditch The Smartphone Contract

Building strong digital citizens does not begin with a smartphone contract

Get To Know: Ejona Angjeli-Liberti

Ejona Angjeli-Liberti is the network deployment and operations lead at Google Fiber in Charlotte.

A Day At The Ballet

It’s never to early to introduce children to performing arts

The Barbie Doll

On the eve of her 60th birthday, a look at. America's most primped, perfect and polarizing plaything.

How Summer Camp Can Help Your Child Become A Leader!

How summer camp can help your child become a leader

The Magic Of Family Camp

Tune out the rest of the world and tune in to what really matters.

Stepping Stones

Guiding children toward independence.

Get To Know: Rachel Roff

Rachel Roff is the founder of Urban Skin Solutions, a medical spa and laser center, and the skincare product line Urban Skin Rx. She and her daughter Rosie, 6, live in Dilworth

Exceeding Expectations

Consistency and patience pay off.

4 Tips To Help Your 'Child With Special Needs'

See past the challenges to enjoy the possibilities

How To Help Children Set And Achieve Goals

Helping children set and achieve goals

How Schools Balance Technology And Set Guidelines In A Digital World

How schools balance technology and set guidelines in a digital world