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In the past I've liked to write about bits of culture that have a profound effect on the kids, especially when there are songs involved. It's been a little while, though, since I've added anything to the KidsStuff tag. Well, this summer our kids got obsessed with the soundtrack to the Angel Studios animated film David, which came out last year. They only saw the movie twice, both within a week I believe (my mom has the required subscription and we do not), but the requests to

On the first Saturday morning of every month Home Depot runs a workshop for kids. They have little bagged kits ready to go and tables set...

This year I started reading some longer, more advanced books to our eldest (and the two others if they sit still and be quiet), who's taken a keen interest. It's been a special kind of bonding to get to read books I'm actually interested in, whether for the first time in a long time or for the first time ever. This started with The Hobbit and has included two of the Narnia books, for a few examples. Over the summer another was Treasure Island. Robert Louis Stevenson's classic

A month or so ago, soon after start of school year started I think, I introduced our kids to Raffi, using YouTube videos. He's now a huge...

Much like Moana and Frozen, see those two previous posts, my kids (two this time) have become obsessed with Disney songs and have been...

This time of year, in the lead-up to Easter (aka Lent), I always seem to hear about The Prince of Egypt. I'd never seen the 1998...

One of our son's favorite things, for some time now but the last few months especially, is Thomas the Tank Engine. I'll admit that I'm into it a little bit too, depending on the material. It started with some new-ish books that my wife found at a consignment sale. He loved them right away, except one called 'Thomas in Charge' for some reason. Since then we've been acquiring wooden trains and checking out the old TV series. By now I've got the different properties figured out

Just like Moana before it, our (first) son is currently completely obsessed with Frozen. It's the songs, mostly, though the full movies...

We have a toddler son and, to the shock of nobody, he's thoroughly obsessed with trucks. Construction equipment, emergency vehicles,...

Lately we're reading more and more Dr. Seuss . Soon after Jack was born we acquired (can't remember if it was a gift or what) a little...

What's the real motivation behind all of the 'live-action' remakes of Disney animated classics in recent years? Is it simply a straight money grab or is there something deeper happening? I'm increasingly convinced Disney the company is ashamed of a lot of their older content and wants to make it more acceptable to the current day. This may be their due diligence in the age of wokeness. As you've likely correctly noticed, due to the time I spend with a toddler and the lack of

Over the past few weeks I've been watching the Toy Story movies while folding laundry. I need something to distract our son or else he...

I'm not into Disney nearly as much as others, such as my wife, but generally when I actually sit and watch something from Disney proper...