How do you pick gifts for your the kids of your ONbeat parent friends?
Wondering what to get the kids of your onbeat mom and dad friends? Here’s a few potential ideas!
An ode to skinny jeans
Kayden, my step-son, seems to be following in the same footsteps as myself and his father. He’s relatively unfazed by the current wave of en vogue accoutrements for middle school boys. Skinny jeans, however, were just too powerful a force to overcome. He needed to have skinny jeans.
Graphic novels about religion and spirituality for kids
Graphic novels provide an offbeat way for parents to talk about various religions or spiritual beliefs with their kids.
On Freaks And Geeks And Princesses, And Why Lady Gaga Is More Like Jesus Than You Think
“…I do believe that children’s whimsy should be encouraged … and that any child who expresses the desire to march bravely forward into the world with her heart and imagination on her sleeve … should be supported in that desire.”
Book Review: Fifty Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do)
Fifty Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do) is the offbeat parent’s dream book! It’s all about letting your kids be their crazy and creative selves.
Halloween costumes for kidlets and big kids
This post features offbeat affiliates, meaning that if you buy something featured (or click on a link here and buy something else that isn’t featured!), you’ll help support Offbeat Mama’s mission of bringing lifetime awesomeness to mamas, papas, and everyone else. For those of you who don’t know, Halloween is my favorite holiday, and probably […]
A photo essay about a girl and her chair
Michelle’s step-daughter has a disability and spends most of her time in a wheelchair. This is a photo essay about Snail’s chair.
Art for Offbeat kids
Dustin Timbrook’s art definitely brings the funky and unique to your walls — and those of your kid!