1. Daily Show funny girl Samantha Bee and Bunchland homegirl Allana Harkin, who plays Dan’s mom on Dino Dan, are blogging for Babble. Check out their new column, Eating Over the Sink.
2. Living in sin has really caught on!. The New York Times’ Motherlode says our kids are more likely to have parents who never married than parents who divorced.
3. Do kids shows with great music and grown-up appeal bring kids and parents together? Josh Ostroff explores the Yo Gabba Gabba!, My Little Pony phenomenon.
4. The latest Bunchland Poll is live on the Nat Po both in print and on-line. This week’s topic: The Chore Wars.
5. Check out the original Time Magazine Chore Wars article here.
Joshua Ostroff is the music editor for AOL’s Spinner.ca and the videogame critic for Exclaim magazine. He’s also an old friend and the father of 13-month-old Emile. As the owner of all three major consoles and a big advocate for interactive culture, Joshua was certain to challenge my wariness about games and kids, as I tried to decide whether it was time to get my family a Wii.
SHULGAN: Joshua, have you thought about whether you’re going to let Emile play videogames, when he’s a little older?
OSTROFF: He’s already playing videogames. Or at least he plays with the iPad.
Any in particular?
Sure, he likes anything that lets him affect the look of the screen or creates a musical response. There’s a virtual piano app that fascinates him to no end, and he likes making fireworks explode with his fingers and scattering the fish in a virtual koi pond. Read more...
