Time Magazine is now calling parenting America’s most competitive adult sport as we drown in endless athletic schedules, music lessons, and enrichment activities. What’s missing from these over-scheduled days? The FUN. Study after study has shown the value of fun and play; it improves communication, connectedness, and creates an enhanced sense of self and healthy behaviors. Emmy-nominated television family lifestyle expert Donna Bozzo has shared her secrets for parenting playfulness for years through national TV appearances, magazine features and on her website. Now, she gathers hundreds of easy and creative ways for infusing day-to-day life with a jolt of fun in WHAT THE FUN?! 427 Simple Ways to Have Fantastic Family Fun.

Join Bozzo on May 19th as she shares why FUN is so important, and discusses some activities that can be added into the daily routine—from mealtimes to bedtime, on special occasions, or whenever the family can use a break from the grind, including:

•Glow in the Dark Bowling: Spray paint an old basketball with glow in the dark paint. Fill soda bottles with water and glow sticks, set them up in your driveway, and—STRIKE!
•Family Book Club: Pick a book to read together. Celebrate the finish with a book party with activities that pair the book’s theme and characters.
•Follow The Bubbles to School: Have your littlest ones chase bubbles to add a bit of fun to the walk to school.
•School Drop Off: Velcro a Joke-A-Day calendar on the car dashboard to start the day with a goofy laugh.
•Indoor Camping: Pop a tent in your living room and roast marshmallows by the fireplace

Perhaps the greatest gift to give children is to raise them to be adults who are able to enjoy life. Bozzo’s WHAT THE Fun?! helps parents set the tenor and make wonderful family memories.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donna Bozzo has worked in the TV business for fifteen years. In addition to appearing on Today, all the Chicago TV stations, The Morning Blend, Veria Living TV, Great Day St. Louis, and Daytime, she worked for many years as a reporter, TV producer writer and creative director. She has written for Chicago Parent, Make it Better, Family Circle, Working Mother, and American Baby.

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