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Texting Mr. Darcy | Dinosaur Tail | Richest in TX | Beer Pong Goes Green | Safe Messaging Apps Great reads from around the web and print that made us stop scrolling, sit back, and enjoy a quick read. 1 If Literature’s Biggest Romantics Could Text Just for the LOLs…Oh, Mr. Darcy, I see you’re still that guy. 2 ‘Beautiful’ dinosaur tail found preserved in amber Jurassic Park here we come! 3 Houston pipeline heirs strike it rich as wealthiest family in Texas No, they are not Waltons and yes they are an oil family. 4 Ball Is Making Aluminum Beer Pong Cups That AreRead More →

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Star Wars Grenades | Pregnancy Brain | Successful Boys | Deepfake | Vanilla Great reads from around the web and print that made us stop scrolling, sit back, and enjoy a quick read. 1 The TSA Just Banned the Star Wars Coke Bottles That Look Like Grenades…Because They Look Like Grenades …And, then they unbanned them. 2 Just So You Know: Pregnancy Brain Is a Real, (And Permanent) Thing I knew I set that thought down around here…somewhere. 3 Want to Raise Successful Boys? Science Says Do This (but Their Schools Probably Won’t) 4 Common Sense Explains: What Are Deepfake Videos? “… learn to identify — deceptiveRead More →

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Yards | Not Fall in Houston | New Food | Amelia’s Plane | Talent Myth Great reads from around the web that made us stop scrolling, sit back, and enjoy a quick read. Great reads from around the web that made us stop scrolling, sit back, and enjoy a quick read. 1 Cities Start to Question an American Ideal: A House With a Yard on Every Lot “People elsewhere say their legitimate fears about traffic or the environment have been mischaracterized, caught up in an emotional debate over race and fairness.” 2 Legends of the Fall Those wistful end-of-summer photos on Instagram have us deeplyRead More →

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I Hate Playing | Lava Raft | Stolen $7M Car | White Claw | Online Preschool Great reads from around the web that made us stop scrolling, sit back, and enjoy a quick read. Great reads from around the web that made us stop scrolling, sit back, and enjoy a quick read. 1 How I came to accept that I hate playing with my kids “…constantly entertaining my kids at the expense of my own sanity doesn’t mean I’m a good parent. It means I’m an exhausted and resentful one. And that’s not their responsibility — it’s mine.” 2 A Giant Lava Raft Drifting TowardRead More →

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Wild + Free | Hug | Life Expectancy in Houston | 10,000 Bite Dinner | Hospital Bills Great reads from around the web that made us stop scrolling, sit back, and enjoy a quick read. Great reads from around the web that made us stop scrolling, sit back, and enjoy a quick read. 1 The Call of the Wild and Free: Reclaiming Wonder in Your Child’s Education We’ve had the privilege of reviewing an advanced copy and Arment’s book encompasses all the infectious beauty and rhythm you come to expect and crave from the Wild + Free philosophy. 2 Why you need to hug yourRead More →

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Venus | Maya Supermom | Adventure for Kids | Invisible Mom? | Harvard Says Great reads from around the web that made us stop scrolling, sit back, and enjoy a quick read. Great reads from around the web that made us stop scrolling, sit back, and enjoy a quick read. 1 Did Venus Williams Ever Get Her Due? A beautifully written piece exploring the formation of tennis’ most powerful woman. And, how she maintains class and sisterly support. Amazing read! 2 Secrets Of A Maya Supermom: What Parenting Books Don’t Tell You Most parenting books are written for the WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich andRead More →

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Great reads from around the web that made us stop scrolling, sit back, and enjoy a quick read. 1 Rethinking How Students With Dyslexia Are Taught To Read 2 How to Love Being a Mom (When You Feel Inadequate) 3 The first rule of sports (and all) parenting: Don’t speak The goal of silence wasn’t to prevent conversation. It was to give my daughter space to initiate it. “Don’t speak” really meant “listen first.”  4 Carnegie medal winner slams children’s book publishers for ‘accessible’ prose Use big words if you want kids to know big words. 5 Trump Is Said to Ask: Can We BuyRead More →

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Great reads from around the web that made us stop scrolling, sit back, and enjoy a quick read. 1 We Need to Save Sam Houston Park Houston, we have a problem. 2 12 Things to Say to Your Daughter to Encourage Healthy Sexuality 3 Gardening could be the hobby that helps you live to 100 4 Too Much Screen Time Can Have Lasting Consequences for Young Children’s Brains 5 Family Vacations Become ‘Happiness Anchors’ When Kids Grow UpRead More →

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Great reads from around the web that made us stop scrolling, sit back, and enjoy a quick read. 1 Bring Paper Back to the Classroom “Online textbooks might save the trees, but they are impacting learning… Students must process content by engaging with it — by highlighting, underlining, and scribbling in the margins of actual printed text.” 2 A World Without Mothers Uhhhhh. What? Nope. 3 Japan Just Landed a Spacecraft on an Asteroid, And The Photos Are Nuts 4 Homework is wrecking our kids: The research is clear, let’s ban elementary homework Homework does have an impact on young students — but it’s notRead More →

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Great reads from around the web that made us stop scrolling, sit back, and enjoy a quick read. 1 New Study on College Rankings: It’s Not Where You Go To School It’s What You Do When You Get There “…the study found that students are the drivers of their own destinies.” 2 Viral App FaceApp Now Owns Access To More Than 150 Million People’s Faces And Names 3 Ancient Tree with Record of Earth’s Magnetic Field Reversal in its Rings Discovered 4 How to Make Hiking Fun With Kids 5 Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: A Novel This is a total sleeper of a novel.Read More →