20 Quick, Easy Ways to Limit Kids Sugar Intake
Photo by Flickr user Tdring After a lovely holiday break, the everyday hustle of school, work, and activities can seem overwhelming. One great way to help your kids cope and adjust is to make sure…
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Camp Director Spotlight: Wanderers Camp
Wanderers Camp in the San Fransisco Bay Area offers 5-7 day sleep-away camps, day camps, and backpacking trips, for kids grades 2-8. While kids at other SF Bay area camps are stuck in one place,…
5 Tips for Getting Your Children Excited About Kids Sports
Photo by Flickr user VensPaperie These days, it can be pretty tough to get kids to do something as simple and engaging as playing kids sport. Though it seems slightly crazy, throwing a ball around…
Are You the Next Top Mom Blogger?
Photo by Flickr user Luke Redmond Mom bloggers have gone from a cultural phenomenon to a high-powered commercial force. No longer are posts just about your own baby’s first steps or favorite foods. Mom blogs…
8 Great Holiday Activities You Can Do With Your Kids
Christmas break and other holidays can leave kids bored or blue. Beat cabin fever with these low-cost family-fun activities that kids of all ages enjoy.
Best Mom Blog (and Dad Blog) Posts of 2012
Photo from Flickr user Joe Howell 1. Do You Suffer From I’m-so-busy-itis? (The Happiest Mom) “There are some mothers I know who claim to be so chronically over-run with items on their to-do list that…
San Francisco Camps to Keep Your Kids Active Over the Winter Holidays
Are the kids looking for something fun to do during the holiday break over Christmas and New Years? Check out some of these fun winter camps for kids in the San Francisco area! Cooking ‘Round…
Camp Chrysalis in Berkeley Helps Kids Discover and Appreciate Nature
Camp Chrysalis is a Berkeley-based camp for kids 8 to 15 years of age. In its 30 year time frame, it has helped teach kids about their native surroundings and built many young friendships based…
8 Tips to Balance the Demands of Startup and Parenthood
ActivityHero co-founder Shilpa Dalmia was asked by Women 2.0 how she manages to balance the demands of a family with kids and a startup company. Here’s what she had to say: Many people ask, “How…
Kid tech / parenting tech meetup recap
Recap of the kid/parenting tech meetup co-hosted by ActivityHero and 500Startups on 11/07/12 Over 70 early stage startups working on parenting and kid focused technology, and the awesomely knowledgeable panel who came to enlighten these…
5 Gratitude Activities for Kids on Veterans Day –
To some it’s just another holiday on the calendar like Presidents Day or Memorial Day: we put out the flag and maybe have a barbecue celebrating our freedom from the office or school for the day.…
5 Tips for Fun & Safe Trick-or-Treating
Halloween means a lot of things; carving pumpkins, decorating the house, dressing up–but for kids, Halloween means one thing. Candy. Trick-or-treating is clearly the highlight of this holiday for most kids, I know it was…
ProCamps Giveaway Winner Review
Last month we ran a contest to win a father and son weekend camp sponsored by ProCamps with NBA star Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors and his father, former NBA star Dell Curry.…
Social Networking: Use It to Enrich Your Child’s Life
Social networking is all around us and often replaces face-to-face interaction in many instances. Even small children need to live a practically isolated existence to not know what Facebook is. Rather than shield your children…
Activities that Teach Kids Empathy & Compassion
From sports leagues to community centers, there are plenty of things demanding your family’s attention. Children today tend to have jam packed schedules with plenty of kids’ activities available to them. While we are fortunate enough…