I love the lazy days of summer break. The slower mornings, the longer evenings, the spontaneous trips to the beach with friends. Maybe you're also anticipating (and ready for!) these summer vibes, but know there's gonna be days of responding to "I'm bored", and days with work-life balance conundrums. You know there's gonna be the question and balance of screen-time vs. play time. If you're like a lot of parents, you want to make more space for imaginative, independent play th

This blog post was taken from a recent newsletter publication. Normally, my newsletter is written exclusively for my subscribers, but this is a big day and a big story. Today is a big day! It's the official launch day for my first ever tangible, physically-shipped storytelling product! When I started down this new path of creating storytelling items that people could receive in the mail, I learned something about product design: what you create should help solve a problem in