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Should You Unplug Your Kids?

Parents have been using television as a way to keep their children out of their hair for decades. Today, the television isn’t all kids are using to stay entertained; the smartphone is quickly becoming the tech gadget of choice among the world’s youth. If you’re...

Do You Know Who Runs Your Drug Plan?

I learn something new every day. It turns out that there are companies out there called Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) who manage prescription drug plans for many US employers. Hubby’s company uses one of them. I knew about the company, but not that it was...

Check Out Sentry Safe’s Live Burn on August 16

I mentioned a few weeks ago that Sentry Safe was planning to do another live burn on August 2. Technical difficulties of some sort delayed the event, and it’s been rescheduled for August 16. If you haven’t watched one of these, you should! They literally...

Protect Your Child Athletes: Signs of Marfan Syndrome

It doesn’t happen frequently, but there have been cases of young and otherwise healthy athletes dying suddenly from an aortic dissection. It’s called Marfan Syndrome, and it (along with related disorders) affects approximately 200,000 Americans. The good...

Parenting Link Roundup: August, 2012 Part 1

Hullooooo, heroes! So I am late in publishing the parenting link roundup from July. As a result, there have been a plethora of submissions. It’s crazy! Rather than overwhelm you with 52 links, I’m splitting it up into a few posts. So today, let’s...