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Board Games for 3-Year-Olds: 6 Games I’d Start With
By Antonio I love board games, which means my natural instinct is to look at the rules first. That or listen to my friend who’s even more into board game explaining the rules. Becoming a parent has made me much less convinced that reading and then executing on rules is the right first step. I…
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Road Trip With a Toddler: How I Managed a 5-Hour Drive Alone With My 18-Month-Old
By Antonio A five-hour road trip with a toddler is one thing. Doing it alone, with an 18-month-old and nobody beside you to help, is another. But, it’s doable. Before the trip, I spent time thinking about how I was going to keep my son reasonably happy while still focusing on driving. I read other…
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Board Games for 2-Year-Olds: 6 Games I’d Start With
By Antonio I have my board game friends with who I play board games every week. I no longer go to bars, I just play games every Friday. So I had a fairly optimistic picture of what my first board game experience with my son would look like: I’d explain it, my 2-year-old would listen,…
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How to Encourage Independent Play in Toddlers: What I Found in the Research
By Antonio My son is two now, and recently my wife and I started focusing more on giving him opportunities to play without one of us directing everything. The idea seemed simple enough: get him interested in something, let him take over, and use that time to make lunch, tidy up, or just rest my…