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Keeping our kids as safe as possible is important to every parent, so here are some tips from around the blogosphere that will help us meet that goal:
Playground Safety Surfacing, Pour in Place Rubber

Already have a playground and need this type of playground safety surfacing? Well, that’s ok! In most cases we can apply this Pour-in-Place surfacing to existing playground areas. Just give us a call to discuss your project. …

Consumer Reports Guide to Baby Products : Playground safety: Quick …

Playground safety checklist climbing for kids. To avoid injury or worse, make sure your kids know (and that you help them follow) these rules before using any climbing equipment at the playground or in a backyard: …

Choosing the right playground safety surfacing:

You’ll accept a array of altered assurance surfacing options including pour-in-place rubber, elastic mulch, elastic chips, copse cilia strips, bogus grass and aeroembolism elastic tile. Now there is a aberration if it comes to assurance …

Building a Better Playground: Safety, Surfacing, Accessibility and …

The playground industry has changed a lot in a generation. New safety and accessibility guild lines have revolutionized playground design.

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The latest in toy safety from around the blogosphere:

Toy Safety Tips from Seattle Children’s Hospital

Toy Safety Tips from Seattle Children’s Hospital.

10 Toy Safety Tips for a Safe Christmas | Strollerderby

In just two days the wrapping paper will fly, and kids everywhere will finally get their hands on those new toys that have been tempting them for.

Toy Safety for One Year Olds - December 22, 2009 - Daily Family …

Toy Safety for one-year-olds. Although most toys appear safe in the packages, you will find that your toddler has the uncanny ability to find all of the parts that will come off the toy and any other things that may pose a threat. …

‘Citizen regulators’ take toy safety testing into their own hands …

‘Citizen regulators’ take toy safety testing into their own hands http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/25/AR2009122501674.html. Blogger Jennifer Taggart tests children’s products — such as toy cars — for toxins …

European Toy Safety For Children Under 3 Years

To ensure British and European toy safety regulations, that the toys available in our stores are safe and well made. In fact, only 1.5 percent of household accidents involve toys and these are rare due to an error with the toy itself …

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Below are the latest tips on homework and your kids from around the blogosphere:

Does Homework Help or Hurt Our Kids? « Hilltown Families

This month GreatSchools takes homework head-on by reviewing the research on its efficacy and  exploring common problems — using real kids as case studies — and how to solve them. Does homework really work? …

Dads Can Help with Homework

We didn’t like homework when we were kids, and we HATED homework when we were in college, so why would we expect our kids to like them? Let’s not delude ourselves – we could not get our children to like homework. …

Homework Help for Kids Squidoo – Linda Randall « Idea Girl …

Tagged: Alphabets, animals, Astrology for kids., Chemistry for kits, Discovery Kids, education, education homework kids parties recipes math english activities crafts oral presentations mind maps health science chemistry, english, …

Should You Let Your Kids Hand in Homework That Is Wrong? - The …

A father wrote to ask just how much homework help a parent should provide. Should you let your kids hand in incorrect homework?

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There was a time when I would ask my son everyday, “do you have any homework?”.  His reply would almost always seem to be no.  Even with the progress reports coming in with notations of him not doing his homework, I was worried.   Now, I didn’t want my son to think that I didn’t trust him.  So I got smart.  I asked all of his teachers to e-mail me when and if he had any homework.  Instead of me asking if he had any homework, I offered to help him if he had any questions.  This way I could still have his trust and his confidence that I was really there to help.  Kids need to be reassured all the time, even more than some adults.  A few moments of reassurance everyday will affect them in ways you would not understand.  Confidence is crucial in a child’s developement into adulthood.  Let them know that you have their best interest at heart.  Not in those words of course, they will think you’ve been reading a book.  In the words that your child can understand, coming from you.  If you show them respect, they will show you MORE!  Your child is not just a child.  They are our friends, in most cases, our best friends.  So treated them as such and they will respond like a best friend would.  Learn from your children, and do your job.  Homework is OUR job!!!

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It is important to me to have a healthy self sustaining son; therefore, I feel it is important to teach him about money management now.  I started teaching him about finances by explaining to him about the importance of saving money.  He has a saving account that he is very proud of.

Even though I taught him about the importance of savings I knew there was so much more that he and I could learn about finances.  I would have to admit that for both our sakes I will have to conquer my compulsive spending hablits first in order to make us both financially free.  Therefore, I am trying to learn the information my finacee’ knows about stocks, mutual funds, bonds, and money market accounts.  She has a vast amount of information she has given me.  In addition, she recently, introduced me to some sources where my son and I can learn more.  Those source are Black Enterprise, Money Magazine, and the local newspaper’s business section.

Once, she challenged me to pick a stock from the paper and watch it performance to determine if it was a good investment.  She pointed out that a good investment would be a commodity, something a person needs no matter what the economy is doing.

I plan to do this activity with my son this summer.

Other tips I learned from Black Enterprise Magazine were:

• teach your child the basic terms of investing
• stick with companies that the child is familiar with like McDonald’s , Nike, etc.
• try programs that allow the individual to purchase directly from the company like (DRIP) programs
• encourage your child to do experiments like the one above and to read up on investing his or her self
• find and send your child to investment camps

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The latest news about single parenting tips from around the blogosphere:
Dating with Children – 4 Tips To Guide Single Parents

Keeping these two things in mind will make a huge difference in your dating experiences as a single parent. So what are some other tips for dating with children? * Keep your children safe psychologically and physically – by keeping your …

How Singles Can be Stay-at-Home Parents: Tips for Unmarried Moms …

Being a stay-at-home parent can be tough financially for many but it’s even more challenging for single parents. However, it is possible for single parents to be home.

How to Make Single Parenting a Little Easier

Single parents are parents that care for their children without assistance from others in the home, though legal definitions may vary according to local laws of.

Helpful Hints For New Moms - Tips For New Mother - Advice For New …

… Tips for packing the bag for delivery, tips for parents, tips for reading to your child, tips for returning to work after maternity leave, tips for single moms, tips for skin and hair care for new moms, tips for work at home moms …

Tips for Step-parents : blended family soap opera

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My son and I

As a parent it is easy to get overwhelmed by life and all its challenges; however, even with all its challenges I often find myself reflecting on my role as a parent.  As a single father, it is difficult and almost impossible not to allow life to bring you down.  Therefore, I find joy in remembering the joy my son brought me the first time I laid my eyes on him.  You see, he was born pre-mature and had a lot of challenges his first year in the world, but if he could find the strength to make it, through the grace of God, then I can too.

My handsome son is not only a fighter, but he is smart, bright and loves a challenge.  He loves his war video games and pizza like any kid, but he brings wisdom and an understanding that is beyond his years.  He still shocks me with the things he understands.  He is a very forgiving son, and that is great, but I do my best to do my best for him.  So my challenge to you is that you remember the joy that your child brings to you when the day is not going as planned or that car cut you off, because there is always one person who is  counting on you or will always be in your corner and that is your child.

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