Contributors

The writers behind FamilyResource.com.

• The Paranoid Sisters

  About the authors: Lisa Carter and Lori Marques are real sisters and California natives. Together, they have five children. Their book, Child Safety Made Easy, is a compilation of three years of research on death and injury to children and is available in English and Spanish. Also known as The Paranoid Sisters, Carter and Marques frequently speak at parent conferences, on radio programs and are resources for newspaper and magazine articles. Visit their site at http://paranoidsisters.com/.

• The Pew Internet & American Life Project

  The Pew Internet & American Life Project will create and fund original, academic-quality research that explores the impact of the Internet on children, families, communities, the work place, schools, health care and civic/political life. The Project aims to be an authoritative source for timely information on the Internet's growth and societal impact, through research that is scrupulously impartial.

  The basic work-product of the center will be phone and online surveys; data-gathering efforts that will often involve classic shoe-leather reporting from government agencies, academics, and other experts; fly-on-the-wall observations of what people do when they are online; and other efforts that try to examine individual and group behavior. The Project intends to release 15-20 pieces of research a year, varying in size, scope, and ambition.

  The Pew Internet & American Life Project is a non-profit initiative of the Pew Research Center for People and the Press. Andrew Kohut, the head of the Pew Research Center, will serve as an advisor to the Pew Internet & American Life Project and the chair of its board. Support for the project is provided by The Pew Charitable Trusts. The Tides Center in San Francisco administers the Project's grant from Pew.

• ThriftyFun.com

  ThriftyFun.com publishes tips, articles and recipes daily.

• Tim Paul

  Tim Paul has more than 25 years executive financial management experience. His hobbies include website development and personal finance issues. Current areas of focus are developing strategies to maximize the benefits of HELOC loans and free college savings programs. His websites are HELOC Loans - Tips for Savvy Usersand 529 Plan Rewards - Maximize College Savings.

• Tim Rafferty and Gerald Masterson Ph.D.

  Tim Rafferty is a graduate student at Missouri State University.

  Gerald Masterson, Ph.D. is a professor and the Coordinator of the Sport Management Program at Missouri State University.

• Tim Richardson

  Tim Richardson is a reporter for the UK based web site The Register - http://www.theregister.co.uk/