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DVD review: Kids will love watching how a school bus is made

By DEBORAH GEIGIS BERRY, FamilyFun magazine | Nov. 2 at 8:18 a.m.

Just like millions of other children, my kids, Cady, age 10, and Hudson, 8, ride a bus to school each morning. Yet we never really thought about its mechanical marvels until we watched "How'd They Build That? School Bus."

  • 9 to 5 to 9: Food fight? Nah, I'll just wait for the surrender

    By DEBRA LEGG, debralegg.com | Nov. 2 at 5:11 a.m.

    There are picky eaters, there are picky eaters who border on neurotic and there are wannabes.

  • Dirty Laundry: Preteen costumes are truly scary this Halloween

    By AISHA SULTAN, St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Nov. 2 at 5:11 a.m.

    If you plan on answering the door tonight, be prepared to see some skin.

  • Family Meals Matter: Celebrate fall foods with these warm family meals

    From MealsMatter.org | Nov. 2 at 5:11 a.m.

    Daylight Saving Time ended this week, with most of the country "falling back" an hour to return to Standard Time. This time change marks the end of the harvest, and store shelves and road side stands should offer wide varieties of squash, apples and pumpkin during this time.

  • A women's nation embraces the emotion

    By DARRYLE POLLACK, SILICON VALLEY MOMS BLOG | Nov. 2 at 5:11 a.m.

    Empower: one of my least favorite words--is the key word in the mission of Maria Shriver's annual Women's Conference, held this week in Long Beach: We Empower Women to be Architects of Change.

  • Nameberry: Heroines, worthy women and trailblazers with notable names

    nameberry.com | Nov. 2 at 5:11 a.m.

    What could be a greater gift to bestow on your daughter than a name with a heroic namesake, someone with an inspiring story to add a layer of pride to your little girl's feelings about her name - and give her great material for a school report?

  • Open letter to Scholastic Book Fair

    By LIZA, DEEP SOUTH MOMS BLOG | Nov. 2 at 5:11 a.m.

    Dear Scholastic VP Responsible for the Book Fair:

  • Online math adds up to a lot of fun

    FamilyFun magazine | Nov. 2 at 5:11 a.m.

    I never dreamed I'd find math games that my 5-year-old, Tom, couldn't wait to play. But that's exactly what happened when we logged on to Dream Box Learning, a fee-based Web site (with a two-week free trial) that delivers fun math lessons.

  • Herding Squirrels: Pay no attention to the mom behind the curtain

    By TRACI ARBIOS, herdingsquirrels.com | Nov. 2 at 5:11 a.m.

    I was recently asked if I felt like I had different relationships with my biological kids as compared to my stepkids. And I know what the politically correct answer is. And I know what the truthful answer is. However, as stepmom I am subject scrutiny under the wicked myth and thus, to avoid it, I must be fair and blind in all things.

  • Look around, it's a hazy shade of winter

    By KAREN BODKIN, CANADA MOMS BLOG | Nov. 2 at 5:11 a.m.

    Everywhere I turn, every parent I know is talking about H1N1. It's okay if you are rolling your eyes at that very first sentence. I cringed just writing it.

  • First-time mom: Keep laughing at your kids, they'll get over it

    By NICOLE PAITSEL, Daily Press (Newport News, Va.) | Nov. 2 at 5:11 a.m.

    My mom laughed at me when I was 5 years old, and I've never forgotten it.

  • Make a printed-palm tree

    By CATHERINE NEWMAN, Disney FamilyFun magazine | Nov. 2 at 5:11 a.m.

    Help your tot commemorate autumn with this change-of season collage, which uses fallen leaves to decorate a lovely handprint tree.

  • Orinda dads rewrite classic rock songs for kids

    By TONY HICKS, Contra Costa Times | Nov. 2 at 9:48 p.m.

    It's one of those ideas that makes a middle-aged musician smack himself in the head for not thinking of it first.

  • Frumpy Middle-Aged Mom: There goes mom, the pack mule

    By MARLA JO FISHER, The Orange County Register | Nov. 2 at 7:38 a.m.

    Hee haw. Do my ears look like they're growing longer, like Pinocchio's when he ran away?

  • How to calm your child's fears

    By NARA SCHOENBERG, Chicago Tribune | Nov. 3 at 2:08 a.m.

    Joanne Cantor's son was 5 years old when he passed an elaborate Halloween exhibit with a scarecrow oozing "bloody" macaroni-and-ketchup intestines.

  • How to maintain a healthy mother-daughter relationship

    By JESSICA YADEGARAN, Contra Costa Times | Nov. 2 at 9:48 p.m.

    Lane Carsh of Walnut Creek calls her daughter, Dawn, her biggest blessing. They are close, share the same wit and love of family. However, she is careful not to call Dawn her best friend. They tried that briefly when Dawn was 18, Lane says. They went shopping, dancing, and talked about "everything." It didn't quite work.

  • Frugal fall fashions for the mama-to-be

    By KAITLIN STANFORD, TheBump.com | Nov. 2 at 5:06 a.m.

    Stay chic without spending a fortune - we've got four fall looks all for under $50.

  • Before you criticize your child, ask yourself this question

    By EMILY HILL, ROCKY MOUNTAIN MOMS BLOG | Nov. 2 at 5:06 a.m.

    I am not the perfect mother, which I'm sure you've already figure out if you've read any of my past Rocky Mountain Moms Blog posts. I don't profess to be the perfect mother but I do know areas in which I could - and should - improve and am trying to work on them one baby step at a time. (I learned that life-changing philosophy from Bob Wiley in What About Bob?)

  • The power tweens: These savvy 8-to-12-year-old girls merit their own D.C. convention.

    By LINI S. KADABA, Philadelphia Daily News | Oct. 29 at 7:08 a.m.

    The grand ballroom at the Capital Hilton glowed neon purple, and Idol-er David Archuleta's "Crush" pulsed from giant speakers.

  • Nature names: Will trees be the new flower names?

    nameberry.com | Oct. 26 at 5:15 a.m.

    Now that just about every flower in the garden has been dug up and used by baby namers for at least a century, maybe it's time to look to their more imposing cousins. There's a very big difference between the two: Where most floral names are frilly and feminine, many, if not most, arboreal names are strong, sturdy, and much more masculine.

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