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Toddler Airplane Safety

Airplane travel can be stressful. Traveling with a unpredictable toddler can be an absolute nightmare, or a dream — depending on his mood. Take one factor out of the equation by ensuring his safety throughout the trip. While you can’t guarantee that he will be an angel throughout the experience, you can ensure that your little angel or devil will be safe throughout the entire ordeal.

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Practical Life Lessons I Learned From My Dad

My dad is a spitting image of Tim Allen – Tim Allen from Tool Time, hows that for dating myself? Was the name of the show Tool Time or was that just the show on the show? Either way, my Dad is that character, although Im not sure he would look as much like him, if their personalities didnt seem so spot on. When I asked my Dad if he knew what celebrity I thought he looked like, he said Pierce Brosnan (hes going to kill me for saying that). But hes kind of right, sort of, hes a Pierce/Tim hybrid, with all “Tim the Tool Time” personality.

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10 Holiday Movies We Can’t Imagine Christmas Without

Every year, after all the presents are wrapped and under the tree, you can find my family curled up on the couch for Christmas Eve Movie Night.My brother usually suggests Die Hard (nice try) while my dad mentions some obscure version of A Christmas Carol that is frankly terrifying – but ultimately we go traditional.As years of practice have made me an expert in the field, I have put together a definitive list of …

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What Happens When Life is PG-13?

Ive generally been pretty good about monitoring the appropriateness of what my children watch. I always check with Common Sense Media before I take them to see a PG-13 movie, and when my daughter wants to watch shows like Glee or Modern Family, I screen them first to make sure theres nothing she cant handle.