Today’s parents are trying to recreate the freedom of a ‘90s summer for their kids — but modern life is making it a lot more complicated.

The unsupervised days of summer are when all the thrills and terrors of adolescence are most thrilling and terrifying. This ...

To maximize space, Velten-Lattrell turns a room’s passive corners into playful nooks, made cozier with canopies and cushions. Another way to use every available inch? “Build up,” she says. “Vertical ...