Located smack dab in the middle of nowhere, Knoebels (actually in Elysburg, Pennsylvania,) is a gem of an amusement park, with no cost to park, no cost to enter, no cost to wander, no cost to marvel at the wooden coasters, to listen to the shrieks of joy coming from every direction, and no cost to dream of an entire meal served on sticks.
Christopher Healy, Author Before selling his hilarious fairy tale re-telling trio of Hero’s Guide books, Healy was a writer who, like me, covered kid’s media and kid culture for a variety of websites, including, Time Out New York Kids, AOL ParentDish, and more. What is your all-time favorite film? For […]
This one is for both boys and girls, grown-ups and children alike. When you find yourself having the same dream, looped throughout the night like an extended #VineAfterDark video, of being at a massive dinner party with friends, family, an overflowing food spread, and a very open bar, and you […]
Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Author & Illustrator If you’ve got a kid, you probably know Jarrett J. Krosoczka from his hilarious Lunch Lady graphic novel comic series, but millions recently discovered the Massachusetts-based author and illustrator thanks to his gut-wrenchingly inspiring TED talk that went viral. The first volume in Krosoczka’s […]
We are not in Chile or New Zealand. It is not winter here. Not even close. And our toilets flush clockwise! Okay, so do theirs…but still, my point stands. In twelve days time (the 12 Days of Christmas in July, you guys!!) I will drag the extension cord around front, […]
**An expanded version of this list is now running on The Huffington Post. Go there to check out names 18, 19, and 20!** Gone are the classics Tom, Dick, and Harry for boys, and so long to Desiree, Summer, and Brittttaniiii for girls. The first half of 2018 has been […]
Welcome back to another installment of OWTK’s Summer Movie Monday Q&A series. This week, we speak with popular blogger and author Mike Adamick and noted family musician Alastair Moock. In the process we discover both men share a fondness for a certain 1969 adventure flick! Enjoy meeting these two brilliant […]
We are lucky. Of course, the story, if told from then to now, is more involved than that. It always is. It always has to be. Our summers look a lot like what summers used to look like; kids running free inside and out of the house, bedtime routines lax, […]
