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May 20, 2025

Watch Together

The 100 Greatest Kids Movies Of All Time, According To Movie Critic Dads

By Ryan Britt, Tyghe Trimble, James Grebey, Ian Spelling, Richard Newby, Nathan Rabin and Caseen Gaines

From golden oldies to 21st-century instant classics, here’s our deeply curated, and surely controversial, ultimate ranking of 100 movies kids must see before they hit their 10th birthday.

Watch Together

The 100 Best Kids TV Shows Of All Time

By Ryan Britt, Caseen Gaines, Ian Spelling, Nathan Rabin, James Grebey, Tyghe Trimble and Harlan Sharpe

From modern classics to the shows we parents grew up on, there’s never been a better time to be a kid with a clicker.

Great Reads

The Greatest Picture Books Of All Time, According To Parents, Authors And Illustrators

By Joshua David Stein, Nadia Aguiar, Ryan Britt, Tyghe Trimble, Julia Holmes, Adam Rubin, Oge Mora, Jason Chin and Ron Barrett

Bedtime reading just got better.

Parenting

Parenting

Why Your Gifted Kid Seems Lazy And Unmotivated

What's In A Name?

The Future Of Baby Naming Is Here, And It's Genderless

Dad Wisdom

20 Years Later, Oliver Jeffers Is Getting Very Real

Dad Hacks

Jason Kelce Says New Dads Need Just These 4 Things In The Delivery Room

Adventure

22 Family Adventures for the Bold

By Julia Holmes and Tyghe Trimble

For your next family vacation, paddle to your own island, bike from inn to inn, or take a road trip through the most remote regions of Patagonia. What’s stopping you?

Interview

"You Yourself Are a Forest"

By Cory Doctorow

Kim Stanley Robinson talks with Cory Doctorow about climate change, hope, and reminding kids they're fundamentally a part of the natural world.

Life

A Family That Walks Together

By Tyghe Trimble

The myriad benefits of walking are well-documented, for health and happiness. But if we force the kids to tag along, is it still a good walk?

Bring It In

Can’t We All Just Hug Each Other?

By John DeVore

I was one of many who were taught, implicitly or not, that men shouldn’t express themselves that way. I’m slowly learning how to embrace a different path.

Entertainment

Tony Hale Doesn’t Want to Pass His Childhood Anxiety to His Daughter

By Ryan Britt

Hale is famous for playing nervous people. But that doesn't mean he wants his kid to follow in his footsteps.

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Gavin Rossdale Isn’t Watching The Days Go By

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LeVar Burton Looks To The Next Generation

Feature Profile

Kai Lenny Is Chasing The World’s Biggest Waves — And Now, Twins

Cool Dads

Joshua Jackson’s Mightiest Role

Cool Dads

Josh Duhamel Is Ready To Do It All Again

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Jeffrey Wright Makes Every Role Count

All Of Legend

John Legend Has More Love To Give

Profile

Daniel Handler Works His Melancholy Magic

Cool Dads

Mark Wahlberg and Kevin Hart Make Their Own Time

Cool Dads

Patrick Dempsey Breaks The Spell

Interview

In Todd Snyder We Trust

Presented By Jimmy Dean® Brand

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