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Birthing Moms Go Glam for Facebook

I am not on Facebook, and don’t have any plans to create an account. This, of course, means I am out of the loop about certain events and incidents, especially since I have a number of friends who communicate exclusively via Facebook. Prime example: One of my childhood friends from Hawaii recently gave birth to a baby boy. Whereas I heard (via telephone) from another friend that my pal had a natural birth and the baby was in good health, I had no clue what Junior and his mom looked like post-birth because I was not able to view the … Continue reading →

Moms Rock at Tech Stuff

For all you tech-savvy moms, who have spent hundreds of hours retrieving lost computer files, installing programs to protect your children from online predators and creating spreadsheets to organize your kid’s lives, your hard work is finally being validated. A new study shows that good ol’mom is the most computer literate member in the family. Go MOM! Call it a gender thing, because the study also found that more than 94 percent of girls are computers proficient, compared to 88 percent of boys. The research conducted by Britain’s University of Hertfordshire included 4,600 children ages six to 14 and aimed … Continue reading →

Your Kids, Video Games and Fruit

If you have a tough time getting your children to eat fruit, you might consider unplugging their video games. In what some may consider a complete waste of time and money, researchers in the Netherlands have unearthed a fact that most parents have known for a while:  Kids who play video games promoting fruit don’t crave apples, oranges, grapes, kiwi or any other type of fresh produce upon completing the online challenges. According to the new study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Dutch scientists expected their young research participants to crave more wholesome snacks after playing video … Continue reading →

A Family’s Tragic Loss

Most of us are familiar with the Biblical warning: “Watch therefore, for you don’t know the day nor the hour.” But, how many of us really take the directive to heart? For parents, life often moves at warp speed and the chaos that underscores daily survival can be overwhelming at times. So much so that most of us tend to lose sight of the big picture. I am guilty as charged. However, yesterday’s horrific accident in which seven members from a single family–spanning three generations–died when their SUV plummeted off a highway and landed in the Bronx Zoo, provided a … Continue reading →

Does Facebook Kill Kids?

Fifty years. That’s how long a Florida mom will spend behind bars for shaking her 3-month-old son to death after his cries interrupted her FarmVille game on Facebook. A half century in prison for killing an innocent baby. Some say it’s not enough. Twenty-two-year-old Alexandra Tobias was given the sentence just last week as a judge wrapped up her murder case, which began last October. A couple of months ago the mom pleaded guilty to killing her infant son with her bare hands, and then lying to authorities to cover up his death. According to court records, Tobias told investigators … Continue reading →

Social Media Helping Parents

I’m not a huge fan of Twitter. In fact, I am not a fan at all. Don’t hate. I’m not in the I’m-above-using-social-media camp; rather, I simply don’t have the time or means to share 140-character random thoughts with legions of tweeps. Plus, I doubt anyone cares whether or not I watching a swarm of locust fly by my window or that I just devoured four courses and a bottle of wine at a fancy French restaurant and I’m headed toward unconsciousness. Though, I could be wrong. Still, according to a new report, a huge chunk of Twitter fans are … Continue reading →

TMI Tweets

A lot has been said about the moral corruption of kids who think sexting is an innocent game to be played on social media sites. But, what about the parents of those kids? What role do they play? What example do they set when they too are texting minute details about their own personal lives? When Twitter was first launched in 2006, I doubt anyone could image the impact it would have on family relations. After all, who would have thought that 140-character tweets could change the way a planet full of people communicate. These days millions of people, parents … Continue reading →

Calming a Preschooler’s Fears

Can you really blame four-year-old Hana Saldate for following her mom around like a puppy dog all day? In March the preschooler kissed her mommy, Euna Lee, goodbye thinking she would see her in a few days. Sadly, it would be more than five months before mother and daughter would share a hug again. The story of Lee’s imprisonment in a North Korean jail touched many people’s hearts, but none more than her preschool daughter Hana’s. The little girl had no clue that Lee had become a pawn in the increasingly antagonistic relationship between the United States and North Korea. … Continue reading →

Is Your Daughter Into Video Games?

If you answered “yes,” then you probably already know how challenging it is to find quality games that don’t promote stereotypical interests such as fashion and make up. On the other hand, if your daughter is interested in violent games featuring guns, warriors and knife-wielding car thieves, or ones that focus on male dominated sports such as football, boxing and baseball, then you’re probably broke by now. So, either way you’ve got issues. Despite the limited amount of video games tailored specifically to girls, child psychologists recommend parents not discourage their daughter’s interest in gaming. Rather, they recommend getting involved … Continue reading →

Advantages and Disadvantages of Parenting a Video Game Enthusiast

It may be hard to believe, but video games are not all bad. Studies show that most teen gamers have excellent eye-hand coordination thanks in large part to the excessive amount of time they spend working toggles, buttons and other levers. In addition, many avid video game fans also develop skills in reading, math, and problem solving thanks to certain age-appropriate games. Still, the cons typically outweigh the pros when it comes to defining the impact video games have on young children. Most parents know how important it is to actively manage how much time their child spends playing video … Continue reading →