We've created the ultimate roadmap to a good time for you and your family. Use our vacation guides for travel tips, planning advice (like the best kid-friendly hotels and resorts), and domestic and international destinations. Throwing a birthday party? We'll help you plan the perfect event with ideas for creative themes,essential supplies, planning tips and delicious cakes and treats. You'll also find loads of outdoor games and adventures and indoor family activities (total sanity-savers for rainy days). We'll show you the latest mom and kid approved books, movies, gadgets, toys and apps. Plus, unique crafts you'll love to make with the kids.
Best Gifts for 5 Year Olds
The Best Gifts for 5-Year-Olds That Will Surprise, Delight, and Engage Them
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How to Play Capture the Flag
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How to Organize Your Kid's Toys
Razor RipStik Ripster, compact lightweight caster board
The Best Gifts for 9-Year-Olds Who Still Love to Play
cake for bar mitzvah
Here’s What It’s Like Planning My Son’s Bar Mitzvah
An assortment of some of the stocking stuffers for kids that we recommend on a colorful background
The 40 Best Stocking Stuffers Kids Will Love Long After Christmas Morning
Gifts for Teens
The Best Gifts for Teens and Their Ever-Changing Tastes
Best Lego Sets
The 25 Best Lego Sets for Builders of All Ages and Fandoms
Best Gifts for 10-Year-Olds
The Best Gifts for 10-Year-Olds to Keep Them Playing, Creating, and Feeling Confident
Three gifts for 5-year-olds arranged on a yellow background
The Best Toys for 5-Year-Olds as They Become Curious Social Butterflies
Best Gifts for 7-Year-Olds
The Best Gifts for 7-Year-Olds and Their Growing Independent Streak
Advent Calendar
The Best Advent Calendars for Kids (and Parents) Counting Down to Christmas
Three gifts for 4-year-olds arranged on a blue and yellow background
The Best Toys for 4-Year-Olds to Match Their Creative, Passionate Spirits
Best Gifts for 8-Year-Olds
The Best Gifts for 8-Year-Olds and Their Big-Kid Brains
Best Family Board Games
The Best Family Board Games That Will Make Kids Forget All About Their Screens
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The 25 Best Toys for 3-Year-Olds to Channel All That Energy and Imagination
Best Gifts for Moms
The 52 Best Christmas Gifts for the Moms in Your Life
Three toys for 6-year olds arranged on a green and blue background
The Best Toys for 6-Year-Olds That They'll Actually Play With
collage of Little Tikes Deluxe Home And Garden Playhouse Indoor Outdoor Toy Toddlers on colorful background
The Best Playhouses for Indoor and Outdoor Imaginative Play
Kids Ball Pit Pop up Play Tent
The Best Indoor Toys and Games to Inspire Active Play
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The 24 Best Toys Under $20 That Kids Will Play With Again and Again
Micro Kickboard - Sprite 2-Wheeled
The Best Scooters Our Kids Rode, Jumped With, and Tossed on the Ground
Best Building Toys
The Best Building Toys, Blocks, and Magnetic Tiles for Your Budding Engineers
Outdoor Snow Toys for Kids Tout
12 Super Fun Snow Toys That’ll Get the Kids Some Fresh Air This Winter
Boy wearing a red rain jacket smiling outside in the rain
50 Fun Ways To Spend a Rainy Day
Easy-Bake Ultimate Oven
Millennials, Get Ready to Relive Your Childhood with This Special-Edition Easy Bake Oven—And It's on Sale!
Family playing in paddling pool in backyard
100 Fun Summer Activities for Kids and Parents
Nintendo Switch Roundup Tout
The Best Nintendo Switch Games by Age—And Lots of Them Are on Sale Right Now
Families in a busy airport
The Parents Guide to Making Family Travel Fun (Again)
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All Work and No Play: The State of Kids’ Free Time
A family visits a souvenir shop at an amusement theme park
My Kids Have a 5-Year Age Gap. These Are the Ways I Make Travel Fun for Them Both
An African American family, Mother, Father and three boys, hike in front of a waterfall
Here's How to Enjoy the Great Outdoors With Kids—According to Experts
Battat Classic Barn Playset Farm Toys For Toddlers Farm Animals
Amazon’s Secret Toy Outlet Offers Major Discounts—and We Found the 40 Best Deals
Shaquita Garcia poses with her children on a stoop.
Self-Expression Became Therapy for This Black Mom—It Can Be Healing for Us, Too
Ryan Reynolds in IF
The Best Kids' Movies of 2024
Lego Sale Roundup Tout
These Are the Best Lego Deals Across Amazon, Target, Walmart, & Kohl’s—Just in Time for Holiday Gifting
Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Episode 7
10 Middle Grade Must-Reads for Your Favorite Percy Jackson Fan
Kid boy looking over seat in an airplane when traveling
11 Mistakes to Avoid When Traveling with Kids
A child of the Golden Eagle Mardi Gras Indian masks in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The Cultural Tradition of Carnival Is Rooted in Black Families and Connection
Caribe Royale Resort
Parents 2023 Family Travel Awards
Family drinks out of a coconut while sitting on a hammock
10 Family Travel Destinations That Should Be on Your Radar for 2024
cartoon image of the grinch on a christmas sled
The Grinch Is Spreading Anti-Holiday Spirit Far and Wide This Year
Young girls jumprope in an urban park
We Outside: On Double Dutch, Roller Skating, and Hand Games
Illustration of teen cosplayers
Blerd’s Paradise: Finding Community Helped These 'Black Nerds' Find Themselves
HBCU Homecoming Game Day antics
The Importance of Passing Down HBCU Tailgating Traditions
Toddler sitting in a movie theater
Helpful Hints if You're Taking Your Child to the Movies For the First Time
Best Deals for Parents at Nordstrom Tout
The Best Deals on Baby Gear, Toys and More at Nordstrom's Awesome Cyber Week Sale
Best Cyber Week Toys
The 40 Best Cyber Week Deals on Toys for Kids of All Ages
Nixplay 10.1 inch Touch Screen Smart Digital Picture Frame with WiFi W10P
This Digital Frame is the Best Gift for Grandparents, and It's Over $50 Off for Cyber Monday
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My Family Went from Beginner Skiiers to Expert Après Skiiers In One Trip
Toniebox Audio Player Starter Set with Playtime Puppy
The Toniebox is Hands-Down the Best Toy I've Bought in Years—and It's $30 Off Today
Editors Picks Spring Break
Editors' Picks: Spring Break Edition
Magna-Tiles 100-Piece Clear Colors Set
Kids Love This Magna-Tiles Set—and It's Still $20 Off This Week
Parents Black Friday Sale Tout
The 35 Best Cyber Monday Deals on BOB Strollers, Nintendo, Nespresso and More
Black Friday Trending TikTok Toys Sale Roundup Tout
20 Toys Trending on TikTok That Are Already on Black Friday Sale
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These are the Funniest Dad Jokes, According to Kids
Educational Nintendo Switch Games arranged on a colorful background
7 Educational Nintendo Switch Games That Kids Will Love
Navdeep Dhillon and his daughter cosplay as X-Men
Cosplaying With My Kids Helped Build Our Connection—Here's How
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The Best Swing Sets to Make Your Backyard Their Favorite Place
An image of a boy typing on a desktop computer.
8 Typing Games for Kids and When to Start Playing Them
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7 Educational Science Games for Kids
An image of apples, pomegranate, and honey for Rosh Hashanah.
11 Rosh Hashanah Activities To Do at Home With Kids
Girls play tag in the grass
10 Popular Kids Games From Around the World