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Talking To Kids About The Economy and The Holidays
With the holidays upon us and our country still facing a challenging economic crisis, many families are struggling with how to balance celebrating and spending without disappointing their children....
View ArticleSmart Holiday Decorating
While decorating the house is at the core of what makes holiday gatherings so wonderful, the very items that bring the winter holidays to life also contain a great many dangers. Thanksgiving marks the...
View ArticleToys For The Season
‘Tis the season for gift buying! Whether shopping for a holiday gift as many of us are doing these days or contemplating a special birthday gift, shopping for kids is not always easy, especially as...
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Happy Belated New Year!
Better late than never, right! Well it may look as if I’ve disappeared, I’ve been around…just very, very unplugged. I can’t quite explain it except to say that my holiday unplugged vacation was so...
View ArticlePick Three Goals for a Healthy New Year!
Happy New Year! I hope your 2011 is off to a fantastic start. Do New Year’s resolutions work? How many years have you made ‘em and broken ‘em fairly quickly? Don’t worry…I’m right there with you! Let’s...
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Happy Mother’s Day!
The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. ~Rajneesh When you are a mother, you...
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Toys For The Season
‘Tis the season for gift buying! Whether you’re a cyber-shopper or true adventurer, navigating your way through the maze of cars at the nearest mall and wall of people in the mall, shopping for kids...
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Friday Digital Byte: This Mother’s Day, don’t forget to send mom a text!
Technology sometimes gets a bad rap but the truth is it can be one of the best ways to stay in touch with the people we care about. Whether’s it’s a quick, “hi” or a reminder to your kids about that...
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Teaching Kids To Give
Giving has been an important seasonal theme in this space since I went online 7 years ago. With Thanksgiving next week, many of us have a great deal to be thankful for. But with the impact of Sandy...
View ArticleWordless Wednesday: Thanksgiving in the Digital Age
Don’t let this happen to your family…have all cell phones checked at the door this year! Happy (unplugged) Thanksgiving!!
View ArticleHoliday Shopping With Kids – keep it real and unplugged
I’ll admit it…this time of year, I’m a cybershopper. I have mixed feelings about this, actually. “Back in the day”, I used to love the thrill of the hunt. Shopping for the perfect gift was fun and...
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Enjoying Holiday Buffets…Safely!
‘Tis the season to be jolly…and to shop, wait in check out lines, and eat at just about every type of buffet that exists. Buffets are a lot of fun and can expose you and your family to some amazing...
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Valentine’s Day 2013 A bit more digital but just as sweet for everyone
Have you looked at candy hearts lately? Talk about a sign of the times! I hope the makers of those hears keep a box each year because they are the best documentation we have of the state of teen and...
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Wordless Wednesday: Valentine’s Day goes digital…or does it?
2013 Valentine’s Day Conversation Hearts
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Happy 4th of July!
Happy Birthday America!! The post Happy 4th of July! appeared first on Pediatrics Now.
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Keeping Halloween Safe Thanks To Cell Phones and APPS
Halloween My kids couldn’t wait to go trick or treating alone with their friends. We, however, had some trepidation. But, come Middle School and High School, we caved and came up with a plan with other...
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Holiday Giving: a gift worth repeating each year
Thanksgiving is over and the season of giving is most definitely here. We’ve had a long standing tradition in my family to give to kids in need every holiday season. My husband and I started buying...
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