Snippets – Friday, 5th June 2009

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Parenting:

Timeshare Parenting Plans
24-7PressRelease.com (press release) – USA
The legislature made these changes because it believed the previous language minimized the role of the non-custodial parent in the child’s life. …
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Parenting in a nutshell: What if your child hates to read?
The News-Press – Fort Myers,FL,USA
By DOREEN NAGLE • Gannett News Service • June 4, 2009 When my son was little, before he started kindergarten, his favorite pastime was reading books, …
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Graduation time to reflect on roller-coaster ride of parenting
Anderson Independent Mail – Anderson,SC,USA
The simplicity of little boys is a delightful hors d’oeuvre on the parenting menu. The main-course selection is far more complicated. …
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Chill (Free Range, or Slow) Parenting on the Rise
Eco Child’s Play – USA
Perhaps as a backlash to the micromanaged, overscheduled children of the past 10 years, many writers are sharing a new trend in parenting– with many names, …
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7 Things You MUST Ask Your Kids Before they Leave for College …
By Website Admin
I wrote a guest post for the amazing Learning is Funny blog. Check it out: “I am free, I am free, I am free” I have heard both parents and teens.
Radical Parenting – http://www.radicalparenting.com/
Respite from ADHD Parenting | ADDitude – Attention Deficit …
Everyone in our family benefits from time away from the demands of parenting a child with special needs, to rest and recharge. ADHD symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment information for adults and children from experts in attention deficit …
ADHD Parenting Blog – http://www.additudemag.com/adhdblogs/4
Popular Book Provides Sex Education for Youth: Experts Answer …
Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberley’s It’s Perfectly Normal helps facilitate sex education in schools and aids parents in answering their kids’ pregnancy questions.
Suite101: Partners & Parents Articles – http://www.suite101.com/partnersandparents/
Scoop: Child Abuse Report Misses Critical Issue
Accordingly, I would urge the new Children’s Commissioner to examine the effects of long term benefit dependency on child welfare so that future policy development is based on sound research”, Dr Newman said. …
Scoop NZ – Business – http://www.scoop.co.nz/
Political apathy ‘killing kids’ | Stuff.co.nz
By By RUTH HILL and KELLY BURNS
Kiwi kids are dying in accidents and from abuse and Third World diseases due to political apathy, doctors and child welfare experts say. MPs were told yesterday by the Paediatric Society that New Zealand has the worst rates of death and …
Stuff.co.nz – Market Data – http://www.stuff.co.nz/
10 tips for getting your kid into summer camp
msnbc.com – USA
And if you’re a parent who works full time, this move also can give you untold relief from stress about child care in the summer months. …
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Day Care Home Business: Potty Training Accidents
PowerHomeBiz.com (press release) – USA
As a daycare owner and parent Fiona Lohrenz has extensive knowledge of childminding which she writes about on her child care website. …
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New hot line links parents to safe child care providers
Many parents find it tough to find a place they feel comfortable leaving their children during the day, but a new referral line may make finding child care a little easier.
Top Stories – http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/
Online Dangers to Child Safety | Internet Marketing Success
By Owen Jones
What is there to say about the world children inhabit these days? Sexed-up television, pornographic Internet sites and videos and violent board games. A world that is lowering its standards, values, and morals every day, surrounds our …
Internet Marketing Success – http://internet-marketing-success.com/
Reference Guide for Stair Gates and Safety Gates
If you have been looking for an exacting way to provide convenient security these child safety gates are your solution. Auto-Lock stair gates, pressure mounted safety gates and stairway safety gates offer many child protection options …
Latest Articles – http://www.articlesdata.com/
Kidz4Mation Announces Launch of Child Enrichment Website
PR Web (press release) – Ferndale,WA,USA
… 2009 — Announced as a child enrichment website with easy-to-follow messages for young children, Kidz4Mation, a UK-based child development business, …
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Learning About Child Learning | Better World Movement
By admin
Today there are many child development tools, books, and software available on various types of learning styles to you to get you going in the right direction. Do some online searches regarding child learning, learning activities, …
Better World Movement – http://www.betterworldmovement.com/
How Important is Play Time For Child Development
The introduction of unscheduled play time is therefor a very important part of child development It allows the child to become creative and to discover his …

Family Planning/Pregnancy:

A Christian Perspective On Life: New Layout
By Mike
Family Research Counsel; Natural Family Planning Information; Natural Family Planning – Marquette Method. Pro-Life Ministry. Post Abortion Healing. Project Rachel; Rachel’s Vineyard. Pregnancy Centers. Pregnancy Centers …
A Christian Perspective On Life – http://achristianperspectiveonlife.blogspot.com/
Keys to a Fit Pregnancy and Losing the Baby Weight
PR Newswire (press release) – New York,NY,USA
SACRAMENTO, Calif. , June 4 /PRNewswire/ — Women often feel their bodies will never be the same following pregnancy and are consistently seeking solutions …
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Pregnancy: No Weight Gain for Obese Women?
WebMD – USA
By Miranda Hitti June 2, 2009 — Women who are obese when they become pregnant may not need to gain weight during pregnancy, as long as they and their …
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New benefits of folic acid during pregnancy add to debate
SmartBrief – Washington,DC,USA
Women who take folic acid supplements before and during pregnancy help protect their babies from premature birth and heart defects in addition to spina …
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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
By Andrew Sullivan
The common phrase for aborting in Korea is to ‘erase’ a child, generally used in cases of pregnancy outside marriage, and this well illustrates the no-issue attitude held by the majority of the nation’s people. …
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan – http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/

Education & Learning:

Palin Opts Out of Effort to Standardize K-12 Education
U.S. News & World Report – Washington,DC,USA
Sarah Palin has opted out of an effort to develop national education standards for reading and math curricula, a decision that has riled some but satisfied …
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Studying in the US: Getting a Military Education
Voice of America – USA
This week in our Foreign Student Series, we talk about military education programs in the United States. There are public and private colleges and …
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Neuroplasticity and the Changing Brain: How the Brain Rewires …
One of the most well-documented instances of brain plasticity in learning is structural change in the brain when someone learns to play a musical instrument. Even in training as short as two weeks, people learning music have visible …
Suite101: Science & Nature Articles – http://www.suite101.com/scienceandnature/

Aging Issues:

HELEN DENNIS: Successful Aging Expo exceeds all expectations
Daily Breeze – Torrance,CA,USA
The Daily Breeze Successful Aging Expo on Saturday was extraordinary. Attendance was between 3500 and 4000. Seminars were standing room only and vendors …
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Scientists closer to finding anti-aging drug
Canada.com – Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
NEW YORK — Scientists know caloric restriction can delay aging and prolong life, but a Harvard researcher is working to develop a drug that could have the …
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Aging and Longevity Assistance
The Allen County (PA) Council on Aging has some pretty good ideas about helping people as they age. The idea is to support seniors so they can live at home and “age in place.” Here are a few (from the News-Sentinel): …
About Longevity – http://longevity.about.com/
Senior Moments or Dementia?
By undisclosed@polkvoice.com (familycaregivers)
Regardless of age, we all occasionally experience episodes of forgetfulness. As we age, we tend to call those episodes “senior moments.” But is it simple forgetfulness or the beginnings of dementia — or even worse, Alzheimer’s-type …
Polk County Family Caregivers – http://familycaregivers.polkvoice.com/
Senior Veterans Forge New Friendships at Golden Age Games :: Elites TV
By News Editor
They looked more like teenagers than senior citizens, talking and laughing and joking as they waited for their turn at shuffleboard. Angleo Athas, right, an Army and World War II veteran from Texas, and Harry R. Johnson, …
Elites TV – http://elitestv.com/
Senior Citizens Wont Lose Benefits if They Receive Flood Disaster …
Receiving help from FEMA won’t cause elderly to lose Social Security benefits.
Dallas study on brain health puts seniors’ minds to work
Dallas Morning News – Dallas,TX,USA
Neuroscientist Denise C. Park, an expert on the aging brain, assigns her elderly volunteers to learn quilting, digital photography or other activities. …
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Scientists find cell aging ‘marker’ that could help combat cancer
TMCnet – USA
SEOUL, Jun 04, 2009 (Asia Pulse Data Source via COMTEX) — South Korean scientists on Wednesday announced the discovery of a cell aging marker that could be …
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Two New Studies Point to Aging-in-Place Trend
Kitchen and Bath Design News – Melville,NY,USA
Fashionable, functional design that facilitates aging in place – as seen here in the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Center for Real …
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Some OTC Sleep, Cold Meds Could Harm Aging Brain
Forbes – NY,USA
“There is a relationship with the number of medications and the burden on your aging brain,” the researcher said. People aged 65 and older who take these …
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Will at Work Learning: Aging. Can We Enhance People’s Cognitive …
By Will Thalheimer
If you work in the workplace learning-and-performance field, one of your jobs is to ensure that employees are maximizing their cognitive performance, their decision making, and their overall work output. If people’s cognitive abilities …
Will at Work Learning – http://www.willatworklearning.com/
Aging brain won’t stop betting (ScienceAlert)
A study has found that it may be harder for older adults to stop gambling, due to changes in the brain with age.
ScienceAlert – Social Science – http://www.sciencealert.com.au/

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