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Jason Mraz, Ben Harper, Dr. Dog, Mavis Staples, More to Play Life is Good Fest, All Profits to Charity

The Life is Good Festival, held Sept. 11-12 at Prowse Farm in Canton, Mass. (a suburb of Boston), aims to raise $1 million for kids facing life-threatining challenges. The festival is an all-ages, family-friendly event that features big name bands like Jason Mraz, Ben Harper, Dr. Dog, Guster, Mavis Staples, OK Go, Corinne Bailey Rae, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, and Toubab Krewe, as well as children’s artists like The Laurie Berkner Band, They Might Be Giants, and Dan Zanes and Friends....  read more

Awesome of the Independence Day

To help you celebrate this Independence Day 2010, _Paste_’s got a special, U.S.-of-A-themed treat sure to make you proud to be an American....  read more

Linux-based "Child-Friendly" OS, Kiddix, Being Offered on Pay-What-You-Want Basis

Kiddix OS, a family-friendly operating system built on Linux, is being offered on a pay-what-you-want basis through the end of this month. According to the Kiddix website, the OS contains “child-friendly” web browser, word processor, calendar, e-mail, paint, multimedia player and calculator applications in addition to educational games, extensive parental controls and two regular games (“Frozen Bubble” and “Planet Penguin Racer”)....  read more

Paste's Summer Festival Guide 2010: Kids' Corner

Music festivals can be surprisingly kid-friendly: Most offer free admission or discounted tickets for tykes while some boast extensive games, bands and other G-rated activities for the little ones. At Bonnaroo’s Kidz Jam, children can express themselves with recycling art projects and kids instruments; meanwhile, tots at Kidzapalooza will be sufficiently rocked by bands like Lunch Money and Care Bears on Fire, while sporting new hairdooz and tattooz. For the more pragmatic parent, ACL offers Tag-a-Kid, giving children numbered wrist bands in case they lose mom and dad in a mosh pit....  read more

Paste's Holiday Gift Guide for Kids and Babies

We've got Santa covered with the following gifts for kids and babies: ...  read more

Save Handmade

My friend Lesley just told me about the new Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act, which will require manufacturers to invest in expensive outside testing and labeling to prove that toys are safe. Seems fair, but the act will put out of business thousands of toy makers and independent sellers who make small quantities of super-safe products for babies and kids. ...  read more

Six Kids Gifts for Under $30

Looking for presents for the kids in your life? Check out these cool toys, each under $30.1. Fly Stick Van de Graaff Levitation Wand (26.99) This wand has a built-in generator that allows you to levitate the included mylar shapes. You can make the shapes dance around the room or bounce them between the wand and your hand. Magical! ...  read more