Chanukah is around the corner and I am trying to figure out what to buy for my kids. I have different ages and abilities. I

I stayed up extra late tonight because I was making a duct tape bow for my daughter’s lunch. Duct tape bows are not in any

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An infant has no sense of permanency—that’s one reason why they can play “peek-a-boo” forever; their brains are not developed enough to understand that you

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