Family Life
A 15-minute family meeting agenda for kids under 10
15 minutes is the whole time budget in this family meeting agenda for kids under 10, with three short questions at its center.
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Set up a shared family calendar before spring sports
A shared family calendar that grandparents will actually use starts with view-only access, holds only the events they are part of, and has a paper backup.
Memories
How to share photos with grandparents who never open an app
How to share photos with grandparents is a question of what they already open each day.
Memories
What to do with kids' artwork when one box sets the limit
Deciding what to do with kids' artwork means picking a limit, such as one acid-free box per child, and letting that box decide which pieces stay.
Memories
Why take first day of school photos in the same spot?
13 first day of school photos, one per grade from kindergarten through 12th grade where your district offers kindergarten, line up when the spot, the prompts, and the folder stay the same.
Memories
For monthly baby photos, pick a spot by week 2 and reuse it
Monthly baby photos get finished when each session is short, in the same spot and window light, within a few days of the same date each month.
Parenting
How many hours of video games is too much? 5 signs to check
Neither the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) nor the World Health Organization (WHO) gives a number for how many hours of video games is too much for kids.
Parenting
What age for a first phone? Most US parents say at least 12
68% of parents in Pew Research Center's 2025 survey said kids should generally be at least 12 before getting a smartphone of their own.
Parenting
Screen time by age caps date to 2016, AAP now wants a plan
Screen time by age guidelines are the American Academy of Pediatrics' age-by-age advice on kids' media use, and the numbers for each age come from two 2016 policy statements.
Family Money
Should allowance be tied to chores? Three models compared
Should allowance be tied to chores? The research cited here doesn't answer that. Families can pay per chore, give an allowance with no strings attached, or use a hybrid of the two.
Family Money
How much to spend per child when the gift list grows
A per-child holiday gift budget is the dollar amount a household sets aside for one child's presents.
Family Money
Average allowance is $37 a week, and the median just $20
$37 a week was the average allowance U.S. parents reported in a 2025 Wells Fargo survey of kids ages 5 to 17, but the median was $20.