Category: Parenting
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How iTunes and the iPod with Video Convinced Me To Get Cable and TiVo
Although many of my friends and colleagues consider me to be an über geek — I like to have the latest gadgets and software — I’ve never really had cable or TiVo. Instead, I…
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All Hail the Queen: Remembering Coretta Scott King
The first time I heard her name, I was a scrawny seven year old army brat knee deep in red Georgia clay…. I can remember that summer, days before I began second grade. The…
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New Parenting Weblog: Parent Hacks
Parent Hacks describes a hack as a workaround, a jerry-rig, a clever, pragmatic answer to a problem. Parents are some of the best hackers, because raising kids requires on-your-feet thinking and frequent improvisation. Parent…
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Do Video Games Cause Violent Behavior?
According to Wired News, Lt. Col. Dave Grossman seems to think so, and is preaching that message to law enforcement officers and the FBI. Grossman, who claims to be one of the “world’s foremost…
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Being A Father Can Sometimes Be Stupefying
Whenever I’ve been in a crisis, I’ve always had the uncanny ability to remain in control, and to do whatever needs to be done. However, I’ve found one crisis that renders me totally ineffective…
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Pediatricians Offer New Recommendations To Prevent SIDS
USA Today reports on new pediatrician recommendations for preventing SIDS To best protect babies from sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, they should be offered pacifiers and should not sleep on their sides, pediatricians…
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Couple Starves And Neglects Children To Play Video Games
A UK couple were just sentenced for grossly neglecting their 4 children, because of their addiction to online gambling and video games. The local authorities described the abuse as the worst neglect they’ve ever…
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School Textbooks Just Wanna Be Free
With the huge success of Wikipedia (a Web-based, multi-language, free-content encyclopedia written collaboratively by volunteers and sponsored by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation), Wikimedia Foundation Inc. is now embarking on a new project called Wikibooks.…
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More Moms Are Resisting The Influence To Become Supermoms
Inside Bay Area has a refreshing story about moms who aren’t buying into the stressful life of supermoms. Flaherty-Evans sought out a mothers group that had a diverse membership. Dobbs turned the other cheek…
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How Much Is The Position Of "Stay-At-Home Mom" Worth?
Salary.com has an interesting article on what it would cost to provide the same kind of care that a stay-at-home mom provides. Stay-at-home mothers wear many hats. They’re the family CEO, the day care…