Screen Time

Your guide to sane screen strategies
Two girls texting

Kids + Media

Is Your Child Screenwise?
Digital citizenship expert Devorah Heitner shares how to raise digital natives
By
Nancy Schatz Alton
  Oct 27, 2016
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Health + Nutrition

How Boys Suffer: The Boy Code and Toxic Masculinity
Here's why the documentary 'The Mask You Live In' is critical for parents, tweens and teens
By
Laura Kastner, Ph.D.
  Oct 10, 2017
Four kids around a computer

High School

At the Heart of Computer Science
How computer science teaches kids innovation
By
Rebecca Hill
  Jan 28, 2017

Health + Nutrition

Local Educator Talks Screen Time: 3 Habits for a Healthier Family
That constant question: How much screen time is too much screen time? One educator's advice on developing healthy technology habits in kids
By
Kimberly Mecham
  Oct 26, 2016
Boy in a blue shirt eating popcorn in a movie theater

Kids + Media

Pop the Popcorn! Our Top 8 Family Movie Night Articles
Break out of the (DVD) box with these creative suggestions
By
Elisabeth Kramer
  Jun 17, 2016
Young girl and grandmother listening to earphones

Parent Stories

Tuned In: Two Parents and Their Podcasts
The world of parenting podcasts — downloaded
By
Nancy Schatz Alton
  Jan 13, 2017
Living Computer Museum

Kids + Media

All Hands on Tech: Living Computers Reopens
Paul Allen’s computer collection becomes a 'petting zoo' for geeks that's fun for all
By
Gemma Alexander
  Nov 16, 2016
Family with chicken and bike

Family Management

Local Families Living Off the Grid
Learn self-sufficiency and green living from these three families
By
Bryony Angell
  May 28, 2016
Child playing on phone outside

Health + Nutrition

3 Interactive Tech Trends That Will Make You Healthier
Get happier and healthier through "telemedicine"
By
Caitlin Flynn
  Oct 27, 2016

Newest Reads

Seahawks fans

City Adventures

Touchdown! 10 Places for 12th Families to Cheer on the Seahawks
Seattle and Eastside pubs, play spaces and other venues that welcome kids and show the game
By
April Chan
  Oct 20, 2017
boy walking in meadow

Seasonal Fun

Weekender: Top Family Events for Seattle and the Eastside
Your family fun plan for the weekend: Oct. 20–22
By
Nancy Chaney
  Oct 20, 2017
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Ages 11 - 14

This Cub Scout Was Kicked Out for Asking His Senator About Gun Control
'I am really heartbroken that my den leader ... decided to kick me out'
By
Mary Sauer
  Oct 20, 2017
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Parent Stories

Is It Safe for Black Kids to Go Trick-or-Treating?
5 black parents weigh in on the holiday and their kids
By
Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez
  Oct 20, 2017

Family Atlas

We've mapped your family-friendly resources in the Puget Sound region

TechVenture Kids

TechVenture Kids

At our TechVenture Summer Coding and Maker Camps, kids and teens are given the tools and skills to create technology.

Issaquah

Living Computers Museum + Labs

Living Computers Museum + Labs

The Living Computer Museum collection presents the meaningful milestones in the evolution of computers and how people use them.

Seattle

Snapdoodle Toys

Snapdoodle Toys & Birthdays

Snapdoodle Toys is an independent, family owned specialty toy store located in the historic Schnitzelbank building in Kenmore, WA.

Kenmore

Wee Tots

Wee Tots Children's Store

Wee Tots is one of kind children's store carrying a large selection of high quality and top-line Baby & Children's Furniture, Clothing, Toys, Room Decorations, Bath & Meal accessories and many others.

Bellevue