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Concerned about your teenage driver this summer? DriveOK vehicle tracking units will make their time behind the wheel much safer. Here are six ways how.

1. Speed alerts
Log onto DriveOK tracking software and choose a maximum speed your teen can travel before you will be notified. Then,...

• Date Added: 6/23/2008
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Becoming a parent for the first time involves a huge amount of learning, as there are hundreds of things involved which childless people will have had no reason to come across before, nor had any incentive to learn about. When you first learn of the impending new arrival, your thoughts will...

• Date Added: 4/24/2007
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Over 5,000 teens die in driving accidents each year, and teen drivers are involved in crashes that cause over a half million injuries annually. Tracey and Roderic Strozier launched GetEmTagged.com to promote placing badges on teen vehicles and change public policy regarding teen driving. The...

• Date Added: 2/22/2007
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It is always a challenge to find a proper and useful toy for your child. On the one hand a toy must be useful for the baby's development, on the other- it must be harmless. To select a correct toy for the baby you know some of his or her peculiarities of thinking and behaviour at stages of his or...

• Date Added: 2/20/2007
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"The $20 a week you spend on lattes might keep you awake, and the $16 you spend on a CD might keep you entertained, but the $22 you spend on a magnetic bumper tag that lets people know a teenager is behind the wheel could save your child's life," says Tracey Strozier of Get 'Em Tagged...

• Date Added: 2/2/2007
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Is a game only amusing? A child's psychologist will tell you immediately: "No way! The full natural development of a child is impossible without games".

A game in the full sense of the word is a good and useful research

• Date Added: 1/25/2007
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Children's play house offer a great way to spark a child's imagination as he or she explores the world. Experts agree that the best way for a child to learn and to make sense of the world around him is to mimic what he sees and to immerse himself into that world. With children's Wendy houses and...

• Date Added: 1/23/2007
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Every expecting mother – and some fathers, too – enjoys picking out baby clothes. As you browse through all of the selections available, you dream of cradling your soft and warm bundle of joy close to you while staring adoringly into his or her eyes. But, when it comes to selecting infant clothes,...

• Date Added: 1/23/2007
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Children are constantly learning from their surroundings, which is why it's important to make certain they grow up in an enriching environment. At an early age, this can mean anything from being close to their parents to interacting with other children. However, as children grow older, they...

• Date Added: 1/8/2007
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Reading is one of the most fundamental skills a parent can teach their child. Most everyday activities require the ability to read to accomplish the task at hand. From preparing a recipe, to navigating city streets, and ordering from a menu;reading is entrenched in our every day life. From the day...

• Date Added: 11/15/2006
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You've got your Halloween costume all planned out, right from the funky footwear to the outlandish hairdo. You try it on a few weeks before Halloween to give it a test run and it hits you; there's still something missing but what? Look deep into your own eyes and you realize - you're all dressed...

• Date Added: 10/25/2006
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"Prioritization, organization, and delegation are key to achieving the balance that allows a woman to enjoy a rich family life while also gaining fulfillment from her career," says Laura Betterly, CEO of In Touch Media Group, Inc. (www.intouchmediagroup.com), a full-service marketing company that...

• Date Added: 10/14/2006
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Most of us have been there before. You open the mailbox to find a brightly colored invitation to the birthday party of your favorite two year old. You hang the invitation on the refrigerator with great intentions to stop at the toy store after work to buy a great birthday gift. Several weeks...

• Date Added: 9/27/2006
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One of Santa's favorite traditions around Christmas time--and surely a favorite tradition of men everywhere during Christmas --is that of mistletoe. When a man catches his wife or special someone under the mistletoe, he gets to plant a kiss on her. Of course, with all other Christmas traditions,...

• Date Added: 9/23/2006
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A healthy diet for infants, from birth to 12 months, is what helps them grow fast and healthy. It is very important an infant should get the right kind and amount of nutrients each day.

Here are healthy diet tips that infants should eat:

1. Infants need milk that is rich in iron....

• Date Added: 9/22/2006
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Buying toys for children can be a daunting prospect, whether it's for your own kids or for someone else's. Like it or not, you are faced with choosing something that can be valued for a long time, something that's ''cool" and something that provides safe and engaging play from a plethora of offers...

• Date Added: 9/19/2006
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Did you know that the story of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer was originally created by a department store? The mega-department store Montgomery Ward wanted to create a new Christmas story in 1939 that they could give away as a free promotion to their customers. They gave the job of creating this...

• Date Added: 9/18/2006
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Christmas is a worldwide phenomenon, and so is the holiday's number one fan and symbol, Santa Claus. So it makes sense that because people all over the world celebrate Christmas differently, they also see Santa in different ways and have different traditions.

For instance, in France...

• Date Added: 9/3/2006
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Young, wild, and free … isn't that what it's supposed to feel like to be a teenager? While it's normal for teens to push and discover their limits, it's also dangerous. Due in large part to the fact that parenting decisions are only as sound as the information on which they're based, more parents...

• Date Added: 9/1/2006
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Since the beginning of time, good kids have been known to do dumb things. The same can be said of naïve and well-meaning parents. Because they don't know what to say, some parents fail to talk to their children about drugs. Others develop a false sense of security after they do.

It's much...

• Date Added: 9/1/2006
• Views: 166