November 22, 2016
Smart Food For Smart Kids
The right nutritional approach can make a great difference in a child's development, with so much impact on intellectual capacities, concentration and behaviour - not to mention general health of course. We keep hearing about the five-a-day fruits/veg, but there is a bit more to…
November 9, 2016
Urban Farming : Top Job Of The Future?
Ever make mud pies when you were growing up? These days, kids are as likely to be getting their hands dirty in the vegetable garden. Which could be a professional asset for them in the future! Urban farmers will be sought after, as futurists explain in this interesting article.…
November 4, 2016
Experimental Guest House by Steven Holl Architects
This new development by Steven Holl Architects looks like a doll house. Kids will love it at first sight. Located in Rhinebeck (Upstate New York, near Woodstock), it sits in the middle of the green. But it has more than this...
October 5, 2016
Learning About Sexual Stereotypes
Girls rock! I'm partial of course, as I have two daughters. Our eldest, twelve, has just returned from a class at school about sexual stereotypes - from the simple, seemingly innocent (little girls play with dolls, little boys play with cars, etc), to the more
September 27, 2016
Pause! Time For A Fun Little Cartoon About Meditation!
A little reminder on earlier posts : “If every 8 year old in the world is taught meditation, we will eliminate violence from the world within one generation”, the Dalai Lama said.
September 22, 2016
Diamond, A Different Music Box, By A+H Foreign Affairs
This is a musical box celebrating geometry and French composer Erik Satie. An object you want to possess, regardless of your age.
September 20, 2016
Going On A Humanitarian Trip With Children
Want to raise socially conscious children, and take part in a family humanitarian trip? For children who live a privileged Western/urban life, participating in this kind of adventure is a chance to play a role in helping others, while at the same time expanding their worldview.…
May 18, 2016
Natti Natti, Organic Children’s Bedding
This is a new&small family business, making organic children's bedding inspired by Sweden. Enter the world of Natti Natti (which means "Nighty Night" in Swedish), and discover the collection - handmade in Brooklyn, USA.
March 23, 2016
MoKee : Smart, Simple, Stylish and Honest
moKee was founded in 2013 by French dad, Samuel Serra, out of the frustration of buying smart looking functional and well priced baby products in existing retail channels.
February 11, 2016
Analog Animals
Last summer we stumbled upon an unlikely relic, the Tado Ivanausko Zoologijos museum in Kaunas Lithuania. Here is a splendidly preserved time capsule of a natural history museum. It seemed like the entire animal kingdom in taxidermy, hidden away in a cabinet of curiosities that…
January 26, 2016
Desk by Oeuf
We have all fallen for the crib, bed, dresser and play table designed by Oeuf. In perfect synchronicity, the Brooklyn based brand just introduced a desk - perfect timing as the children have grown and need some stylish option for their homework.
January 17, 2016
Kid Robot : About Artificial Intelligence and the Future of our Kids
Robots will replace us. We’re facing an uncertain future of Artificial Intelligence which at best, will render whole swathes of humanity redundant. At worst, AI will subsume our consciousness and make homo sapiens extinct, much as we in turn have consigned earlier species to the…