Bad decisions make for great stories.” I think I read that on a boardwalk T-shirt one summer, and it warmed my heart. On the weekend after Thanksgiving, though, I was cocooned inside a sleeping bag ...

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A sand timer because sometimes we all need a visual reminder it's time to scoot. Give your kid one-minute countdowns for when ...