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I love Jennifer O'Donnell's blog for parents of tweens over at Tweenparenting.about.com. She tackles everything from chores for tweens to how time on the Internet is affecting family time to how to make the most of summer.A recent favorite is Jennifer's post on family staycations with tweens. Having just done that with our 13-year-old (who was very recently a tween!), I know we had fun going to local museums, movies, a planetarium, a minor-league ball game and to a local farmer's market that... Read Full Story
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It’s impossible to picture July 4 in America without fireworks. But they can be dangerous, causing serious burns and eye injuries. Of course, it’s always best to attend a community celebration where fireworks are handled by the pros. But if fireworks are legal where you live and you decide to set them off on your own, be sure to follow these important safety tips from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission:° Never allow children to play with or ignite fireworks.° Read and follow a... Read Full Story
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Heads up, parents of teen girls. A new study shows that girls who would depict themselves online in a provocative way, and girls with a history of child abuse, are more likely to receive online sexual advances — and then meet those individuals offline. Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center studied girls between ages 14 and 17. Each was asked to create an avatar — an electronic image to represent herself — and to then complete a questionnaire regarding her computer and ... Read Full Story
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As parents, we're used to saying to our kids something along the lines of "Buckle your seat belt, honey. If it isn't buckled, we're not going anywhere." Right? I've said it to my son, and to his friends, countless times.Well, I guess that line is pretty ingrained in my head. My husband and I were car shopping on Saturday and we decided to take a test drive. I was driving and Randy took the passenger seat. The salesperson — a guy in his late twenties, I'm guessing — got in the back seat. I sta... Read Full Story
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If your child has been diagnosed with diabetes, you know that it affects the entire family in many ways. How do you deal with the range of emotions that arise when it becomes a consideration in everyday events, such as finding a babysitter and educating him or her about your child's diabetes? Taking a family vacation? Helping your child gain more independence as she heads off to summer camp? The American Diabetes Association has compiled an easy-to-use resource to help families live with the... Read Full Story
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We've all been there.Sometimes you're out and about with your child in a public place and he or she has to go to the bathroom NOW. If you have a PDA with a Web connection, visit SitorSquat.com. Just enter an address, ZIP code, city or even just an intersection in the search bar. When I visited the site, it boasted more than 59,000 rest rooms in their easy-to-use database. Check it out. We parents on the go need all the help we can get!
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Our family just got back from seeing Disney Pixar's new movie, "Up," and all I can says is take the kids and go see it! So much fun. (It's rated PG and there are some scenes that might be scary to younger children.)We had a choice between the 3-D version and the regular version and decided to spend the extra $2 per ticket for the 3-D version, but we didn't find the 3-D effects to be all that spectacular. So don't worry if the 3-D version is sold out and you are left with the regular version,... Read Full Story
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When summer arrives, kids are jazzed to have a break from school and homework. But parents worry that their children’s brains will turn to mush between now and September. Here are some fun ways to sneak in a little learning while having a great time with the kids this summer.° Learn cool science tricks with the “Surfing Scientist." Australian physics instructor (and surfer) Ruben Meerman shows kids how to amaze their friends by lifting a marble off a table by touching it only with a glass... Read Full Story
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Happy Father's Day to Paul Penick, the man who taught me to:° Love writing° Have fun with dogs (That's us on a lake in Arizona, with our dog, Pepper. I won't even tell you how many years ago this was! We were about to pull up to the shore and my dad needed to tie up the boat. He doesn't normally stand like this in the middle of a lake!)° Value education° Feel comfortable in a new environment° Talk to strangers° Care about spelling.° Enjoy chocolate and raspberry together... Read Full Story
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Remember the simple act of pasting a few special photos, a valentine and maybe a flattened carnation corsage into a photo album? Today, of course, it's a verb: "to scrapbook." And in our"let's-go-overboard-and-then-fret-about-how-stressed-we-are" age, it's yet one more thing to feel guilty about."I sat down and looked at all those boxes of photos, and I just started crying," one friend tells me. "It all seems so overwhelming." Another friend spends hours at arts-and-crafts stores, buying sti... Read Full Story
