SARALINE GRENIER

Halloween is approaching, and, if you have children, so too are expenses you likely don’t care for. But there are ways around an expensive All Hallows’ Eve, and they don’t involve sitting the holiday out. Or telling your kids it’s not happening.

You don’t need cable to entertain your kids these days. Even if you don’t feel like taking them to the library to rent DVDs, there’s always YouTube. Not having cable makes it slightly easier to filter out the crap and watch only the good shows, but it’s not completely foolproof. At any rate, here is a guide that will hopefully give you some ideas of shows to look for and shows to steer your children away from.

If you’re childless and petless and you’re trying to decide whether you should get a cat or have a baby, this article is for you!

In hindsight, perhaps it wasn’t a terrific idea to let my 3-year-old son watch a Doctor Who episode called “Asylum of the Daleks.”

Are you a broke parent? Know some broke parents? Here’s some free shit to do with your toddlers in the city.