Tips for Healthy Travel During the Flu Season
Ugh. The flu. Have you had it? I got sick with the flu in the early 90's and wow, was I ever miserable. It's an experience I hope to avoid in future. With the flu season already in full bore this year, anyone considering travel can use these tips from Clorox to try...
Mobile Safety for Teens: 13 Rules to Teach Them
Mobile phones seem to be like a vital organ for most teens today. Since it is almost impossible to stop teens from using them, the next best step is to help them use these devices responsibly. Teens have lost their lives simply because they failed to follow safety...
Exponential Peer Pressure
There’s a standard observation about young people that’s tossed around with great frequency, one that’s generally assumed to be true . . . and yet it’s one with which I strongly disagree. The mantra is: Kids are so different today. I don’t think so. I think we did the...
Sandy Beck – Diaper Hero
Why would a middle-aged woman who doesn’t have a baby start making cloth diapers? It’s an unlikely story, but true. Her story may make you think - about diapers, and maybe even other life choices. Her name is Sandy Beck and she has a 30-year-old daughter. When her...
Share Your Give Away January 14
Hulloooo, Heroes! Here we area again at our Monday Giveaway Linky. If you're a blogger and want to list a giveaway, please do it here (family friendly only, please)! Don't forget to check out the other amazing giveaways listed, and enter. I'd love to hear you won!...
Why Water is the Best Drink for Your Kids
In a world full of FD&C dyes, sugary drinks, sodas, cows’ milks, and nut milks, it’s nice to know your child has options. However, it may seem like a constant battle to find the best drink to promote healthy mental and physical development. Instead of agonizing...
How To Create an Awesome Playground in Your Backyard
Backyard playgrounds are part of almost everyone's childhood. What adult does not have some memory of playing outdoors with their siblings or the neighborhood kids as a child? Today, many parents wish to create an idyllic area for their children to play. Below are a...
6 Strategies That Can Improve Learning
Teaching is more than a profession – it’s a lifestyle. The best teachers are those that honestly want the kids in their classroom to learn and so do everything they can to make it possible. However, not all children learn in the same way. That’s why it’s vital that...
Ripples
When I was a kid I read a short story by Ray Bradbury called A Sound of Thunder. The story was fascinating, a tale of time travel with a terrifying lesson about ripple effects. One small event, one that, at the time, seemed so trivial and irrelevant, ended up...
Share Your Give Away Linky
We're back to the Monday Giveaway Linky after a holiday break! Can't wait to see what kind of neat giveaways we have going on this week. Click below to join, and if you have a giveaway of your own, please link it here. Family friendly please. Loading InLinkz ......