“If you cut an apple in half and count how many seeds are inside, you will also know how many children you will have.”
Mom Says
“Pick a dandelion that has gone to seed. Take a deep breath and blow the seeds into the wind. Count the seeds that remain on the stem and that is the number of children you will have.”
Sneaky Cards
“Your mission, should you choose to accept it: become a secret agent of joy, spreading art and intrigue to an unsuspecting public. Inside this box is an interactive scavenger hunt that inspires creativity and rewards audacity: Take a selfie with a stranger, give an anonymous gift, become a flash mob of one.
Complete each objective and then pass the card along to an unwitting accomplice, who now becomes part of the game! The fun is ever-expanding, but it all starts with you - Play it forward!”
So this is kind of an adorable idea. I think it might be meant for children, but I don't really see why adults couldn't be involved as well. Here are some sample cards.
You can see more cards over here.
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood On Netflix
It's fairly clear how much I love this man. I find it odd that more people aren't as vocal about their love for him, to be frank. There are twenty episodes from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood now streaming on Netflix and if you have any children in your life, you'd be doing them a great disservice by not showing them a few episodes.
Soaring
Full Disclosure: I am responsible for ninety thousand of these views. Can't even express how much this makes me laugh.
“I prefer being frank with children. I’m more likely to say, ‘You must be exhausted,’ or ‘I know a lot of people who would kill for that little waistline of yours.”
“It’s not our job to toughen our children up to face a cruel and heartless world. It’s our job to raise children who will make the world a little less cruel and heartless.”
“There is a quiet resilience that children are full of.”
Ban Toddlers From Any Screens, Please (link) →
I read this a few months ago and started sending it to all my friends with kids or those who were about to have kids - why? I don’t know, ‘cause when I see a baby staring at an iPad IT FREAKS ME THE HELL OUT, for some reason. It just shouldn’t… be. And it makes no sense whatsoever. I don’t care if there are games specifically AIMED at these children, no. Just no. Give them a fucking rattle or something. PLEASE.