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Child Sense: Participating in a school play can be a memorable experience

As the end of the school year approaches, the final school play call-sheets are being put up in schools around the country. Participating in a school play can help a shy child feel more confident and help to form new friendships, not to mention how sweet and delightful it is to have a great ...

Game review: Cartoonish action with mild violence for (almost) all ages

Parents need to know that “Ratchet and Clank” is a cartoonish action game set across numerous planets as the title characters attempt to save the galaxy. Though you mostly play as a cute, fuzzy alien, and the rest of the time as an equally adorable robot, you’re still hitting some enemies ...

Movie review: Messy, violent ‘Snow White’ sequel wastes its great actors

Parents need to know that “The Huntsman: Winter’s War” is both a prequel and sequel to “Snow White and the Huntsman,” following the origin story of how Eric (Chris Hemsworth) became a huntsman. Like its predecessor, the film is violent and dark, despite the fairytale references and ...

Parents @ Play: Seeing and doing science

Scientists work in a variety of ways. One is by designing and conducting experiments, essentially saying, “Hey, I wonder what would happen if we did x, y, or z.” Another is to simply watch, as if to say, “Let’s look closely at all those stars and other bright things in the night sky and ...

Movie review: Promising but overlong superhero mash-up is dark, violent

Parents need to know that “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice” is a dark, serious superhero drama that pits the titular DC comics characters — Batman (Ben Affleck) and Superman (Henry Cavill) — against each other, though ultimately the message is one of teamwork. As the two grow ...