For Kids

fluoride in toothpaste for children

Request: For many years I have avoided consuming poisonous substances and as such have been avoiding fluoride toothpaste. Naturally, therefore, I have never given either of my two children fluoridated toothpaste.

baby pacifier

Request: What's the overall effect?

Jumanji (1995)

Angry board game wreaks havoc on the unwitting players, including a child trapped inside of it for 26 years.

Put One Foot in Front of the Other (music)

Priority request: Song/video from the classic animated Christmas special, Santa Claus is Comin' to Town.

Brother Bear (2003)

follows an Alaska native boy named Kenai as he pursues a bear and kills it, but the Spirits, incensed by this unnecessary death, change Kenai into a bear himself as punishment. In order to be human again, Kenai must travel to a mountain where the Northern lights touch the earth.

The Talking Jesus Doll

"speaks 10 Bible verses including the Lord's Prayer and John 3:16. Seeing, holding and hearing Jesus accelerates awareness and acceptance."

Klaus (2019)

Serving as an alternate origin story of Santa Claus independent from the historical Saint Nicholas of Myra and using a fictional 19th-century setting, the plot revolves around a postman stationed in an island town to the Far North who befriends a reclusive toymaker (Klaus) -- wikipedia.

The Polar Express (2004)

Set on Christmas Eve in the 1950s, it tells the story of a young boy who sees a mysterious train bound for the North Pole stop outside his window and is invited aboard by its conductor -- wikipedia

Coraline (2009)

stop motion animated dark fantasy horror film written and directed by Henry Selick, based on Neil Gaiman's novella of the same name -- wikipedia

Noelle (2019)

stars Anna Kendrick as Noelle Kringle, the daughter of Kris Kringle. It also stars Bill Hader, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Billy Eichner, Julie Hagerty, and Shirley MacLaine -- wikipedia

The Muppets Mayhem

a musical comedy featuring the Muppet musical group Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem -- wikipedia. Also calibrated, their song "Rock On," a priority request.

Not baptizing the child and letting him choose his own religion...

...when he's old enough to do so -- request

The Little Prince

The book has been translated into over 505 different languages and dialects worldwide, being the second most translated work ever published, trailing only the Bible -- wikipedia

"Cry it out" / Ferber method

It involves "sleep-training" children to self-soothe by allowing the child to cry for a predetermined amount of time at intervals before receiving external comfort -- wikipedia

YouTube Kids

The app provides a version of the service oriented solely towards children, with curated selections of content, parental control features, and filtering of videos deemed inappropriate for viewing by children under the age of 13 -- wikipedia