"Bringing the boys gets them away from their hand-held devices," says yoga teacher Manon Palmieri, whose sons are busy picking potatoes.
Star Party, an evening of star-gazing paired with barbecue, beer and wine included in the price of admission, gets them away from their telescopes to teach the casual observer about what they are seeing up in the sky.
"And we talked about, 'Go in, but go in with your four-seamer, your best fastball, at 94-95-95.' That gets them away from hanging out, because they can't do that anymore".
They pursue this national rite of passage partly because it pays and gets them away from home, but mostly for the experience of living rough, working and playing hard, communing with nature and with others who, like themselves, are emerging from the cocoon of adolescence.
It's unclear as to whether or not the potential legal battle had any influence on the name change; while it gets them away from using "with Friends" on the App Store, the name remains unchanged for the company's Android and web variants as of this morning.
Visit museums, parks, science centers, aquariums,and zoos, amusement parks, mini-golf, the cinema, the beach -- anywhere that gets them away from the TV.
