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Dedy Andrianto/E+/Getty Images The war for our kids’ attention is being waged, and we’re losing. That’s my cynical summary of so many experts who study such things. When it comes

UCG/Universal Images Group/Getty Images In a New York Time ideas story that ran this past week, Jia Lynn Yang opens with a bang: “One of the more bewildering aspects of

Sony Picture Will it take a zombie apocalypse to fix masculinity? The thought occurred to me as I sat in a theater taking in Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later the

DEA / A. DAGLI ORTI/De Agostini/Getty Images Does anyone have a truly healthy relationship with their phone? I don’t see much evidence of it out there. Personally, the phone is

Marvel On a tip from a savvy movie critic, I took my 7-year-old out to see his second ever Marvel movie the other day (he’s a big fan of Norse

SimonSkafar/E+/Getty Images Labor day is upon us and as I celebrate the ending of the chaotic mess that is summer for parents, I also can’t help but feel a little

Malte Mueller/fStop/Getty Images The time when kids go back to school is full of hope and excitement. It can also be a time of nervousness and apprehension. And, for as

Allowing your child to have access to the entire Internet without restriction or supervision would be like setting them loose in the middle of Lagos. Not a good idea, and

Emma Chao/Courtesy PBS; Fatherly; Getty Images Before Fred Rogers slipped on his shoes and a cardigan, he was a young theology student attending the University of Pittsburgh in the 1950s.

Crayola If you were to rank the most blissed-out segment in Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, you would have a monumental task ahead of you. Each show is 28 minutes of zen.