👋 Hey there! As two busy working parents ourselves, we are always on the hunt for fun things to do as a family. Over the past year, we’ve talked about the various forms of entertainment and media that we’ve found most helpful - this post is a wrap-up of all those recommendations together in one place. Enjoy and share back your recs to us!

📚 Children's Books

20,000 storytimes until our kids will be self-sufficient readers. Here are our top 5 Children’s Books (ages 2-5, before chapter books) that we cherish the most. All of them balance the needs of kids, modern lessons, and entertainment for the parents.

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Our Picks: Top 5 Children’s Books in Our Household Library

20,000. That’s how many story times Helen and I will have with our kids until they become self-sufficient readers. We’ve made a point to incorporate reading several times a day into our routines and to instill in our kids a lifelong love of reading. It is probably one of our strongest traditions in the family, passed down through multiple generations…

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2 years ago · 2 likes · Adam Harmetz

🎲 Family Games

Here are five fantastic games you can play as a family.

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Our Picks: Top 5 Games for a Family Night

👋 Hello subscribers! Whether you’ve been with us for a week, a few months, or the whole time, we are so happy you are choosing to spend your Sunday with us, reading essays that we publish on career, leadership, and parenting. While this week’s post is on what games we play as a family, if you are looking for some of our top career/professional develop…

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a year ago · 1 like · 1 comment · Helen H.

📺 TV Shows

Entertaining for kids and parents, here are our favorite TV shows that we watch as a family.

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📺 Top 5 Family TV Shows

“Will Zuko redeem himself?” “Will Elena learn to forgive Estaban? “Is Mama P really all bad?” “Should She-ra carry the burden herself or ask for help?” These are some of our dinner table questions as we anticipate what’s next in our chosen family TV show. We always try to have one show we watch together as a family, often after dinner on weeknights…

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a year ago · 3 likes · Adam Harmetz

Recap: More Thoughts on Parenting

Here are some other posts we have done on parenting:

• 🗣 Family bliss vs. bilingualism: How we approached the gift of family languages

• 😍 Brave parenting: How to be a brave parent and be the adult you want your children to become

• 🏢 Seven pieces of advice for parents returning to the "office" after parental leave

• 👶 Childcare: Welcoming a Nanny into your household

• 🎁 The Gifts We Give: A New Year's Resolution Framing: How to think about parenting in a strategically generous way