http://www.minti.com/members/evarmint/advice/ Most Recent Advice on Minti by evarmint Copyright 2009 Minti en-uk evarmint "The Dot Game" is one of the classic kid games I played and my children play too.  In this game, you make a grid of dots and then take turns connecting adjacent dots with lines.  If your line makes a box, you get to put your initial in it and take another turn.  Whoever claimes the most territory wins the ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/9876/Dot-Game-Studio/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/9876/Dot-Game-Studio/ Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:20:08 -0700 evarmint I am interested in your comments and ideas relating to the piece of advice…So, we don’t have cable or satellite television, because 98% of what they offer is garbage.   What my wife and I do instead is purchase DVD collections of good, commercial-free programming that my children can watch at convenient times.     A couple of the programs we have purchased ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/8871/Wholesome-Television-for-the-whole-family/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/8871/Wholesome-Television-for-the-whole-family/ Wed, 14 May 2008 08:44:25 -0700 evarmint  This article contains tips for those of you who want to know how to create an interesting and memorable family video. I’ve been creating a big family video every year for the last decade or so and I’ve learned a few helpful things.First, let me say what I mean by “family video”. I am talking about a once-a-year compilation of all the ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/8799/Family-Video-101/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/8799/Family-Video-101/ Mon, 05 May 2008 17:59:21 -0700 evarmint I wanted to share some thoughts about using "semi-formal" interviews for talking with your children.  My parents used this with me and I use it with my own children and it is an invaluable way to connect with kids, especially teenagers.  I find that the interview is a great “safe-zone” for communication because kids can be free to talk (and parents ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/8746/The-Interview-A-valuable-tool-for-talking-with-children-and-teenagers/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/8746/The-Interview-A-valuable-tool-for-talking-with-children-and-teenagers/ Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:57:39 -0700 evarmint  Some people ask me how we run things in our home with five kids ages 0, 7, 10, 13, and 14. So I thought I would mention a few of our tricks and maybe these will be useful to someone else.  We begin our day around 5:00am because our oldest leaves at 6:00am to attend early morning seminary and we like to ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/8716/How-we-keep-our-five-kids-organized/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/8716/How-we-keep-our-five-kids-organized/ Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:11:10 -0700 evarmint If your kids are like mine, they want to use the computer just about as soon as they can crawl.    The problem is that all they know how to do is pound on the keyboard.  A normal application doesn't do well with this kind of treatment, because random keypresses generally do not produce results infants are interested in (so they ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/8144/Babies-and-computers/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/8144/Babies-and-computers/ Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:43:42 -0800