At the Presidio in San Francisco, top chef aims at kids menus

At the Presidio in San Francisco, top chef aims at kids menus

Award winning San Francisco chef Traci Des Jardins wishes American restaurants would take a page—a menu page—from their counterparts in other parts of the world. “The United States is one of the only places in the world that has special meals for kids,” she said. “We are conditioned to teach kids to eat differently than we do and that is a mistake.”

Teaching the kids about civil rights at our national monuments

Teaching the kids about civil rights at our national monuments

If you want to expand on what the kids are learning in school, then head to a national park. That’s right. There are many national historic sites that figured into the fight against slavery and the civil rights movement and are ideal for out-of-the-classroom learning opportunities, especially when so many are offering special activities this month.

Soaking up the family holiday spirit at a theme park

Soaking up the family holiday spirit at a theme park

Across the country, theme parks are adding new and bigger holiday attractions every year, enticing more and more families to come through the gates, glad to forsake holiday shopping and cooking for a few hours, even though it can be a costly afternoon or evening.