Parenting
Not Too Late to Get a Flu Shot
With the holiday season right around the corner, the American Lung Association has an important message: It’s not too late to get your flu shot!
Vaccination is recommended and beneficial into the winter months – a time of the year when spreading holiday cheer with family and friends can also make it easier for disease, like [...]
Make a Plan. Get a Kit. Be Informed.
Guest Post by Anna Giacomini
St. Louis Area Regional Response System (STARRS)
All of the severe weather lately has been disconcerting for many of us, particularly in the aftermath of the New Year’s Eve tornadoes in the St. Louis area. We would all like to think something like that won’t happen to us. And, if it did, [...]
Get Amber Alerts Via Text, Help Save Children
Jan. 13 was the 15th anniversary of National AMBER Alert Awareness Day. In celebration, cellular companies across the country invited customers to sign up to receive free AMBER alerts via text message, and you can still do so.
Since its inception, the AMBER Alert program has led to the safe recovery of more than 500 children, [...]
2011 – The Year of the Vegetable
The following article was written by George Ball, Burpee Chairman & CEO, and is being reposted here as a shortened version of the original, which ran as an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal. It is reprinted with Mr. Ball’s permission:
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Childhood obesity is now the nation’s disease—an ailment crippling the body politic. The long-term [...]
AboutOne Family Management Subscription Giveaway (5 Winners) – CLOSED
I am an organization maniac. Being organized is part of my personality. But I’ve never found a method or tool or system for keeping track of EVERYTHING important in my life – school records, medical forms, physicals, immunizations, volunteer hours, mortgage information, my address book and memories/milestones.
Until now – until I found AboutOne.com, a family [...]
Midas $50 Gift Card and Winter Safety Kit Giveaway – CLOSED
Did you know that approximately 70% of winter deaths are attributed to snow and ice involvement with motor vehicles. To help prepare drivers for those unexpected winter conditions, Midas has created a few winter driving tips. For a quick and easy guide to Midas’ winterizing tips and how to videos, visit www.midaswintersafety.com.
I honestly cannot believe that [...]
MOS Means “Mom Over Shoulder” in Text Lingo — Get List of Other Abbreviations
Do you have any idea what your kids are saying in text messages, IMs or emails? If not, then you need to check out this free ebook from TrueCare, a provider of a comprehensive Internet monitoring service for parents. The ebook, titled “IDK (I don’t know) What My Kids Are Saying Online”, includes some of [...]
16Nov2010 | lipsticktocrayons | 3 comments | Continued
Must-have New Toy for Preschooler — Mickey Mote!
Don’t you just love it when your child interacts with something she is watching on television. It makes you feel good about letting her watch T.V. when you hear her counting with Mickey or singing with Minnie or learning her ABC’s with Big Bird or conjugating verbs in Spanish with Dora.
Well, the new Mickey Mote, [...]
