Furniture
This nursery staple features a pair of 'rockers' at the base, allowing a person to sway without ever moving their feet.
In this strategy game, players move wooden pieces to checkmate their opponent's king.
Chess
As the first line of defense against germs, make sure your kids do this frequently, & not just before a meal
Wash their hands
This is a heat resistant pad you'd put under a hot dish
A trivet
Enjoyed at the end of meals
Dessert
Standing tall in a hallway, this wooden tower uses a swinging pendulum and heavy weights to tell you exactly when an hour has passed.
Grandfather clock
In this game, players use pieces with letters to create words on a game board and score points based on letter values.
Scrabble
Parents who hover too much over their kids have come to be called this type of parents, after a certain aircraft
Helicopter parents
This kitchen item can be used to rinse vegetables or drain pasta
Colander
The bad guy in movies and stories.
Villian
You sit at this piece of furniture to write, type, or study.
Desk
In this mystery-solving game, players collect clues to solve a murder
Clue
In families, they're defined as tasks that benefit the household. Each person has their own designated task
Chores
This utensil formed of a series of looped wires set in a handle is used to beat air into food
Whisk
A small pool usually intended for relaxation
Jacuzzi
This piece of furniture found next to a bed is called a bed table
a nightstand
This game has money, house, hotels, and railroads
Monopoly
Don't even think of taking your newborn home until you have a rear-facing one of these firmly in place
Car seat
From an Old English word for "to load", it's the deep-bowled, long-handled spoon used for serving soup
Ladle
Light rain
Drizzle
Unlike a wooden chair, this soft, squishy seat is filled with tiny foam pellets and shapes itself perfectly to your body
Bean bag
A game in which players guess a word or phrase from clues that expressed through movements and expressions rather than spoken word
Charades
When your teen starts getting older, set some rules like this prescribed time to be home, maybe midnight
A curfew
Mostly used in East and Southeast Asian countries, these are eating utensils
Chopsticks
A hand tool with a long handle and a heavy metal head
Pickaxe