Traveling with family is always an adventure. From nearby day trips to month long excursions, Sara Clemence offers tips and ideas for navigating travel with children. Sara is the founder of the family travel community, The Expedition, and former travel editor at The Wall Street Journal and Travel + Leisure. She also freelances, writing mostly about travel—but really about anything that lets her indulge her curiosity about the world. You can also check out her book Away & Aware: A Field G...

In this episode, we chatted with Sarah Kimmel from Family Tech. She is a Certified IT manager, family tech expert, and digital parenting coach, who spends her days helping families understand and manage the technology in their home. Like thousands of other families across the country, we have begun remote learning to start the 2020 school year. It's been an up and down process as we manage the technology our son is using. We pepper Sarah with a ton of questions ranging from: Wha...

We're excited to announce our new video series, Today I Made, where we document the process of children making a variety of things from scrambled eggs to spray paint murals and wooden clocks. Follow along with the step-by-step tutorials geared toward children ages 6 to 12, and hone your skills in woodworking, cooking, art, wellness while creating something you’re truly proud of. This approachable and practical video series was born during the Covid-19 Shelter in Place orders, when Built by Ki...

Welcome to the Built by Kids podcast! Today we explore the world of homeschooling from a parent’s perspective, with Amber Trueblood - parenting expert, author, and host of the Stretch Marks podcast. As people who weren’t homeschooled ourselves but who know plenty of extraordinary kids who have been, we’ve always been curious about how this alternative approach works, how it fits into working parents’ schedules, and most importantly, the shift in mindset that’s needed to make homeschooling a v...

Happy spring, and welcome to the Built by Kids podcast. Today we aim to give you the bug for birding, with ornithology enthusiast, Robert Nickel. In this episode, he shares why birding is the perfect outdoor activity to enjoy with kids and helpful tools to make your birding experience more enjoyable. Robert developed his passion for nature as a young person while hiking and camping with the Boy Scouts. He then went on to earn his degree in Earth Science from Stanford University. He caught th...

In this episode, Timothy and Laura Dahl give suggestions on the best way to talk to your children about the Covid-19 pandemic. While this is a historic and unprecedented experience for those of us living today, this is not the first time a virus has taken hold of the human consciousness, and history teaches us that such challenges can in fact make us stronger, more enlightened, and more connected. It is up to us to keep our minds and bodies healthy and in a state of symbiotic flow so that whe...

In this episode, Timothy and Laura Dahl discuss their experience with ‘Baby Led Weaning’ and share the reasons they chose to begin their children’s adventure with food using this method. They go over the benefits, the possible pitfalls and share tips on how to get started so your family will succeed. “Allowing our children to feed themselves is ultimately about respecting them as capable humans with an innate knowledge of the nutrition their unique bodies need." - Laura Dahl Eating isn’t some...

In this podcast we interview top experts, explore popular methods, and examine innovative concepts to extract unsung parenting solutions. Raising mindful, independent, and resilient children is an ever-evolving adventure, and parents quickly realize that no one solution works for every child. We share life-hacking and parenting tips, wins and fumbles, resources and recommendations, in a casual, inclusive environment with the goal of inspiring and supporting our Future-Makers through the...